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John Lennon became so utterly obsessed with Alejandro Jodorowsky surreal 1970 acid western El Topo that he personally convinced Beatles manager Allen Klein to buy the…
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When a Beatle decides your weird art film is the greatest thing ever made, you get an absolute monopoly on late-night cinema. Midnight movies thrive on word-of-mouth degeneracy, but Jodorowsky had a psychedelic billionaire guardian angel pulling the strings behind the scenes, effectively birthing the modern cult classic distribution model.
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