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El Topo (1970)
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"As voted by the Film for the Soul community.No. 18 - El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970)Ranked #688I'm not God, I'm a man - El TopoDressed head to toe in black leather, accompanied by a naked seven year old boy (Brontis Jodorowsky), El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky) rides into shot on a horse. Shielded by an umbrella, protecting himself from the searing heat of the desert sun, he instructs the child to bury a portrait of his mother and his favourite toy because 'now, you are a man'. It's an unnerving and surreal opening to what proves to be a visual assaul "
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"Aaron Hillis sent me a screener of the film he co-directed, Fish Kill Flea, several months ago. I watched it on a Sunday afternoon, shortly after returning to Queens from a trip to suburban New Jersey, where my boyfriend and I sometimes go to raid forgotten thrift shops and record stores. On that trip, I had picked up a handful of obscure DVDs, including a circa-1936 mystery serial starring Bela Lugosi, a Japanese bootleg of El Topo, and the 2-disc release of Suki Hawley and Michael Galinksi's first two films, Radiation and Half-Cocked. I watched Half-Cocked and Fish Kill Flea back-to-back, and took a chunk of notes considering one film in light of the other, which I never published. Fish Kill is making its New York premiere this weekend, so I thought I'd revisit those notes. I knew very little about either film going in, but it turned out be an accidentally appropriate double feature. Both are anthropological documents in a way, speaking to the idea that subcultures need to be d ... "
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"Wow, I heard this was a strange film, but this is insane! The first half is the craziest most violent western I have ever seen. The second half is ultra bizarre slapstick. I understood 25 percent of it, but I absolutely loved it! Breathtaking film........but, wow it's so weird. "
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"I left my sofa having experienced the most surreal filmic experience of my life. I thought 'Tommy' was strange until I saw El Topo.A lone gunman wanders through the desert with only his son for company. He is on a quest to find the four greatest Zen master gunmen of the West. After one duel takes its toll the gunslinger is left for dead. He is saved by a group of misfits who live underground. He resides inside this cavernous tomb for many years as he learns the meaning of peace. Digging a tunnel from his underground prison, he leads the subterranean dwellers on a bid for a new life but soon realises that violence is the only way for him to find a truly peaceful existence.El Topo can be best described as a psychedelic head trip western. It's modelled on the spaghetti westerns of the late sixties, but that does not mean you should expect a Leone clone.Four thousand buckets of fake blood were used during this film, its imagery is steeped in the occult, sufism and the bible. The desert ... "
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