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 El Mariachi / Desperado (DVD)
 El Mariachi / Desperado (DVD) ... Hayek ... / DVD released 01 November, 1999 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Before Robert Rodriguez' El Mariachi, Mexicans in North American action films were typically maids, drug dealers or prison inmates. Even if the Cisco Kid was a friend of yours, you handled a dust cloth or a Mac-10 if you lasted in Hollywood longer than a New York minuto. But when El Mariachi crossed the border in 1992, things changed. Granted, it still involved a drug lord in a shoot-em-up but this time the good guy was a Mexican. Austin-based Rodriguez made El Mariachi for a fistful of pesos and a little help from his friends. He wrote, directed, coproduced, edited and operated the camera. Plus, he assembled a cast that had never acted before to work por nada. Desperado continues the outrageous action adventure. Working with a much bigger budget, Rodriguez returns the nameless mariachi to non-stop action. Again thrust into a world he never made, the hero takes his guitar-case arsenal deep into the criminal labyrinth of Bucho (Joaquim de Almeida), el gran chingon of the Mexican drug lords. With an amigo (Steve Buscemi) and a beautiful bookstore owner (Salma Hayek), el mariachi confronts an outrageous cast along the way, including a bartender (Cheech Marin), a drug-deal, pick-up guy (Quentin Tarantino) and the original mariachi (coproducer Carlos Gallardo) as a new-found compa'. Antonio Banderas has the lead this time, and if he's not quite up to the challenge, it's probably because he's Spanish, not Mexican, a distinction not lost by anyone raised on what the popular media now calls "ethnic food." That said, Desperado is not to be missed. Using intelligence, romance and humour--as well as plenty of explosive, surreal violence--Rodriguez again showcases the timeless struggle between the forces of darkness and light. And, in the process, he's recasting the mould for the contemporary action hero--kids now argue about who gets to play the Mexican. --Stephan Magcosta, Amazon.comNewest Review: ... As a film El Mariachi isn’t brilliant, it’s main flaws are some poor acting and an average plot but as a ... more ... document on how to make a low budget film, then this film is outstanding. Considering the low cost it took to make and despite it’s shortcomings in the picture department El Mariachi still drives along at a fair old pace, Rodriguez knew he was making an action film and it shows. Some great stunts and gunfights show that even at this early stage Rodriguez had a cinematic style all of his own. As well as great direction El Mariachi shows off Rodriguez’ distinct editing style too, something I’ve always been ...more |
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El Mariachi / Desperado [DVD] [1996]
Before Robert Rodriguez' El Mariachi, Mexicans in North American ... Last Update 10.12.2009 06:10
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Read Reviews for El Mariachi / Desperado (DVD)
El Mariachi / Desperado (DVD): Film School on a disc (1775 words)
by - written on 11/02/02 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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El Mariachi/Desperado In my eyes the real Hollywood stars of the Silver Screen are the directors. I’d sooner see a film directed by David Fincher starring unknowns than see a film with Brad Pitt directed by ‘some guy’. But that’s just me, I love every aspect of the movie making process and the director has the ultimate job in controlling every single element of a film. Robert Rodriguez is a director I have a lot of time and respect for. He is the one man band equivalent of a film director, editor, cinematographer, writer, producer, sound engineer, visual/special effects artist, composer and actor; it’s an exhaustive resume. Some of ... Read the complete review
The two amigos (952 words)
by - written on 01/09/01 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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Robert Rodriguez is a fully operational film unit in himself. Most directors just sit and direct, some also write. Rodriguez writes, directs, edits, occasionally provides musical score and on his last film Spy Kids he even branched into special effects. This dvd is a showcase of his first two feature films that got him noticed and on the way to $100 million plus box office grosses. First up is El Mariachi. This was intended to be made for the spanish video market alone and Rodriguez bankrolled the $7000 production budget by submitting himself for medical tests. The story follows a Mariachi guitar player who arrives in a town looking for work. He finds himself ... Read the complete review
El Mariachi / Desperado (DVD): Rodriguez's explosive action debut (411 words)
by - written on 01/04/01 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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Set in dusty Mexico, El Mariachi and Desperado follow the violent exploits of a guitar player who accidentally finds himself doing battle with the local drug lord. While El Mariachi covers this transition, Desperado picks up afterwards and tells the story of the musician returning to the town for revenge after his girlfriend’s death at the end of the first film. Taking Desperado, the bigger budget (although actually only $7million) brother, first; director Robert Rodriguez gives us a fast-cutting action-adventure film. The action is furious and bloody at times, but giving the audience time to cool off in-between gunfights. Antonio Banderas is well ... Read the complete review
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