The original midnight movie. A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters. The ultimate acid-Western masterpiece that transformed cinema into a psychedelic, blood-soaked spiritual awakening and set the stage for what was to follow.

El Topo screens as part of Adelaide Cinémathèque and the program: Psychomagic on Screen: The Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Psychomagic on Screen: The Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky’s radical vision forever altered the landscape of independent cinema, weaponizing pure surrealism to challenge societal conventions and expand the boundaries of the mind. Experience these restored masterpieces on the big screen as they were meant to be seen: as confrontational, deeply spiritual, and beautifully unhinged acts of cinematic alchemy.