Review of El Topo (1970) by Jay Cocks for Time — 16 Sep 1973
Jodorowsky's is perhaps a prodigious, certainly a prodigal talent. What is most bothersome is not his chaotic cosmology but his coldness. He is so obsessed with allegorical meaning that El Topo misses any kind of full human resonance.
It is instead a vivid if ultimately passionless passion play.
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This review of El Topo (1970) was written by Jay Cocks and published by Time on 16 Sep 1973.
El Topo has generally received positive reviews.
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