This movie and his other title Holy mountain. changed me. Alejandro is one of the most influential directors ever. He is horribly over looked. This movie is my favorite western. Not surprisingly I am the only one of my friends who knows of him. I have been spreading the word though. A lot of the film is metaphor's. It kind of reminds me of ninja scroll, the way he takes special "demons" 1 by 1. Alejandros son and wife are in the film also. I saw him in a recent interview. He said a lot of things were real or improvised. *chuckles* He had sex with a lot of his female cast mates, and did drugs with everyone. With the lack of originality, by striking writers. Now is Alejandros time.
Review of El Topo
