El Topo in 35mm

· Somerville Theatre · Somerville

Film

Classic Americana and avant-garde European sensibilities collide with Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and mystic El Topo (played by writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky) tries to defeat four sharp-shooting rivals on a bizarre path to allegorical self-awareness and resurrection. Originally released in 1970, El Topo quickly caught the imagination of movie audiences, becoming a landmark Read More