Film gained cult status through midnight screenings

Evidence

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo (The Mole), an obscure Mexican movie and a third single-noun narrative, which began showing midnights at the Elgin around the time Commune opened, was creating something—namely a religious ritual. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1675

Categorization

• XREF: The three single-noun narratives (Commune, Ice, El Topo) echo the earlier chapters’ structure about how single-word titles mark underground art; also connects to how the Elgin’s midnight slot commercialized the countercultural ritual.