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 filmmakers, 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.
Previously considered lost, this cult classic is presented here for the first time on DVD, fully uncut and digitally re-mastered.
El Topo is released on 14 May along with Holy Mountain and in a boxed set so just you've all the angles covered!
