It was the landmark cult film that began the Midnight Movie phenomena of the counterculture crazy 1970s. Classic Americana and avant-garde European cinema sensibilities meet Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and cosmic mystic El Topo (played by writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky) must defeat his four sharp-shooting rivals on an ever-increasingly bizarre path to allegorical self-enlightenment and surreal resurrection. Stunning 4K restoration with new extras.Â
• New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative approved by Alejandro JodorowskyÂ
• Original Spanish Original English DubÂ
• Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles for Feature and Director’s commentary trackÂ
• Audio commentary by Alejandro JodorowskyÂ
• Jodorowsky Remembers El Topo, new interview filmed in ParisÂ
• Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia UniversityÂ
• A Conversation with The Son of El Topo, a newly filmed, extensive interview with Brontis Jodorowsky who stars in El TopoÂ
• The Father of Midnight Movies, an archival interview with Jodorowsky filmed in 2007Â
• Original trailerÂ
• Image galleries