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El Topo
Why this pick
A desert-set, irreverent Western parable that similarly collides religious allegory, grotesque comedy, abrupt violence, and deliberately anachronistic absurdity.
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MOVIE1972 1h 31m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Albert Henderson
Seaweedhead Greaser
Michael Sullivan
Lamy 'Homo' Greaser
Luana Anders
Cholera
George Morgan
Coo Coo
Ronald Nealy
Card Man / Ghost
Larry Moyer
Captain Good
John Paul Hudson
Smiley
Jackson S. Haynes
Rope Man