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El Topo influence

posted 10 years ago by mentattodd
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I was watching a documentary called "Jodorowsky's Dune" in which Alejandro Jodorowsky stated that "Kung Fu" (1972) was influenced by "El Topo" (1970). That is news to me and I do not see anything connecting the two in IMDB or Wikipedia. Was Jodorowsky just talking out of too much marijuana use or was there anything to back that claim?

[–] Blueghost 10 years ago

It was probably the whole western set in a desert thing. Beyond that I don't see too much connecting the two. I've only seen the Topo trailer.

[–] Pharaoh-in-de-Nile 9 years ago

It was probably the whole western set in a desert thing. Beyond that I don't see too much connecting the two. I've only seen the Topo trailer.

If you see the film you'll see more of a connection.

'El Topo' if very influenced by Dharmic philosophy and a main character becomes a sort of monk and helps people.