Okay, "El Topo" - Is this movie even REAL?

So I just finished watching "El Topo." And...wow. I need to lie down, and maybe take a shower? I feel like I need to wash the existential dread off of me. Romantic comedies are usually my vibe (you know, meet-cutes, witty banter, the almost-kiss that's interrupted by a klutzy friend), but sometimes I like to, ya know, broaden my horizons. This was...broad. Like, Grand Canyon broad. I went in completely blind, and honestly, I'm not sure I'm seeing straight now. The whole desert warrior master thing was bizarre enough, but then the son burying his toys? I was like, "Okay, this is where things get WEIRD," and they really only just started. The violence was...a lot. I'm not squeamish, but it felt so stylized, so operatic, that it almost became darkly funny. Especially when El Topo goes all Rambo on that town?! I laughed, I cringed, I questioned all my life choices leading me to this point. And don't even get me STARTED on the whole dwarf and disabled people in the caves storyline. I honestly have no idea what that was even ABOUT. But, I WILL say, the visuals were INSANE. Like, frame after frame was something you could hang in a gallery, if your gallery specialized in slightly deranged but beautiful nightmares. I'm not even sure if I liked it, but I definitely won't forget it. Anyone else seen this? Am I completely off-base here, or is this movie as bonkers as I think it is? Maybe I need a rom-com palate cleanser ASAP.