Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Retro, Western

Retro Film Series Presents

The Holy Mountain & El Topo

  • Fri, Sep 30
    • 7:00pm
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Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain
(R, 1973, 116 min)
The alchemist (Alejandro Jodorowsky) assembles a group of people from all walks of life. His intention is to put the recruits though strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip where they ascend “The Holy Mountain” to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo
(R, 1970, 125 min)
Classic Americana and avant-garde European cinema sensibilities meet Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and comic mystic El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky) must defeat his four sharp shooting rivals on an ever-increasing bizarre path to allegorical self-enlightenment and surreal resurrection.