The film opens with stunning close-ups of Lautaro Delgado as El Topo, applying dramatic black and white stage make-up, similar to that in Black Swan. Over dissolves, we hear a reoccurring drum roll and a girl announcing to the audience that the show will now begin. Then, like M. Night's career, the initial intrigue we gain from the first half hour or so gradually peters out to an anti-climactic finish. What we're left with are good intentions and an underwhelming script and a film that looks remarkably well crafted for $600k, but still looks like a film make for $600k. [Continued ...]...
- 8/26/2012
- QuietEarth.us
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