El Topo
《鼹鼠》（1970）

TIME's 1971 review of Chilean-Russian director Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo (The Mole) described the allegorical cult western film as "a vivid if ultimately passionless passion play." The film's 1970 trailer proclaimed, "It is a mystic film. It is tender. It is sexual." It is also a bit strange. A mysterious cowboy kills a group of outlaws before abandoning his naked son to ride off with a woman. El Topo (played by Jodorowsky) then embarks on a series of bizarre adventures. He challenges and defeats the four great gun masters of the land and then is betrayed by a woman with a man's voice who shoots him, leaving stigmata wounds. After El Topo heals and finds religious enlightenment, he begins an affair with a dwarf woman and helps a group of outcasts escape from a subterranean prison, only to see them massacred by cultists. That's when things really get weird. El Topo was a cult favorite at midnight showings in New York City before finally being released on DVD in 2007.

《时代周刊》在1971年这样评论俄籍智利导演亚历桑德罗·左杜洛夫斯基寓意丰富的cult电影《鼹鼠》“这是一部本质上毫无生气，却又栩栩如生的受难电影”。本片1970年的预告片宣称这是一部“充满神秘色彩的电影，温柔，并性感”。这也是一部与众不同的电影。一位神秘的牛仔杀死了一帮暴徒，然后抛弃了自己的儿子并用一位女子一同流浪。随后，牛仔“鼹鼠”（左杜洛夫斯基饰）经历了一系列光怪陆离的事件。他想“四大枪手”下战书并打败了他们，被一个假扮成男子的女人背叛，而且这个女人差点用手枪结束了他的性命。“鼹鼠”养好自己身上的枪伤后，又受到宗教的感化，并同一位侏儒相爱。他帮助一帮流浪汉越狱，但有眼睁睁地看着他们被邪教分子杀害。故事就是这么疯狂。在2007年DVD版发行前，《鼹鼠》一直都是纽约午夜场cult电影（午夜场电影通常为色情暴力影片，译者注）的大热门。