El Topo
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.
Total Run Time: 124 min
DVD SPECS:
• Disc 1 – Standard Definition DVD, 1:85:1 Film with Spanish 5.1 audio, Spanish 2.0 audio and Spanish audio commentary
• Disc 2 – Standard Definition DVD, 1:37:1 Film with Spanish 5.1 audio, Spanish 2.0 audio, Spanish audio commentary and English dub audio
BLU-RAY SPECS:
• Hi Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation, 1.85:1 and 1.37:1 original theatrical aspect ratios with uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM and 5.1 Dolby Audio
CONTENTS:
• New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative approved by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Original Spanish Original English Dub
• Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles for Feature and Director’s commentary track
• Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Jodorowsky Remembers El Topo, new interview filmed in Paris
• Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University
• A Conversation with The Son of El Topo, a newly filmed, extensive interview with Brontis Jodorowsky who stars in El Topo
• The Father of Midnight Movies, an archival interview with Jodorowsky filmed in 2007
• Original trailer
• Image galleries