I have seen other movies by Jordorowsky and none equaled the impact that El Topo had upon me. I am very curious to observe my own responses to this film today. I continue to look for the movie today and hope that whatever is preventing it from being available in North America will be resolved soon. The violence that took place after wards and our own here's self immolation was very poignant. The scenes in the mountain with those marginalized from society and their subsequent 'liberation' out of the mountain and into the light was an awesome scene.
Western society, perhaps all great civilizations, was built on a tremendous amount of violence. The western motif and travels of our hero/anti hero spoke eloquently of the 'mole's search for the light.' While the violence was overwhelming at times, I didn't think is redundant or too much. John Lennon dijo de ella que era una obra maestra. Singular y provocativa película de culto, mezcla de géneros y movimientos culturales. It was labeled 'a cult movie.' While I never joined a cult, I was moved to see it a many times as I did because it was a metaphor that spoke strongly to my own spiritual searches at the time. En un Oeste imaginario, el pistolero Topo se enfrenta a una banda de fetichistas, dirigida por un coronel lascivo, que tiene atemorizada a una congregación franciscana. I saw this movie about a dozen times from the early to mid '70's.
