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El Topo ~ 6:00PM & 9:00PM

  • 4 Star Theater 2200 Clement Street San Francisco, CA, 94121 United States (map)

El Topo, 1970 Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky

THE DEFINITIVE CULT SPAGHETTI WESTERN

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie, and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits slaughtered a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the massacred, then forcibly takes their leader’s woman Mara as his. El Topo’s surreal way is bloody, sexual and self-reflective, musing of his own demons, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.

Earlier Event: April 20
El Topo ~ 4:20PM & 7:30PM
Later Event: April 22
The NeverEnding Story ~ 11:00AM