El Topo
Wednesday 23 July
Venue:
Rochester Independent College's Gainsborough Conference Centre.
Film: El Topo
Certificate: 18
Running time: 120 Minutes
Year: 1970
Country: Mexico
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Producer: Juan López Moctezuma
Cast:
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Moshe Rosemberg, Saúl Rosemberg, Roberto Viskin
Awards:
Ariel Awards, Mexico: 1972 Won Silver Ariel Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía) Rafael Corkidi
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival: 1974 Won Special Jury Award Alejandro Jodorowsky
Synopsis
With El Topo, Alejandro Jodorowsky gave birth to the countercultural phenomenon of the Midnight Movie and carved out a place in history as one of cinema's most unique and visionary fimmakers, impressing John Lennon and Yoko Ono so much that they enthusiastically endorsed the film at one of its first New York screenings.
Part Luis Bunuel, part Sergio Leone, this bizarre, ultra-violent Western features a brutal, black-clad gunslinger who, accompanied by his young son, sets off on a murderous mission to challenge four zen masters of gunfighting. When his mission is complete he then goes on a quest for peace and personal redemption, but finds that death is never far away.
Links:
Internet Movie Database on El Topo
BBC Collective video interview with Jodorowsky.
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