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El Mariachi (1992) | Robert Rodriguez | Theatrical Trailer. Prequel to "Desperado" (1995)Written and Directed by Robert RodriguezStarring Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, and Jaime de Hoyos ...
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- Abandoned Theater
- El Mariachi
- Desperado
- Once Upon A Time in Mexico
- The Hero with A Thousand Faces
- Desperado, Why Don’T You Come to Your Senses?
- Back to The House That Love Built
Rodriguez wouldn’t have identified El Mariachi as such when he made it, but its narrative is what Save the Cat! would classify as Dude with a Problem, about an itinerant young musician (Carlos Gallardo) who wanders into a small Mexican town looking for work and soon becomes the victim of mistaken identity: An escaped convict, dressed in black and c...
The (admittedly slim) plot of the second film is virtually identical to that of the original, only the story model shifts from Dude with a Problem to Golden Fleece, with the Mariachi now operating as an “avenging angel,” traveling from town to town with his guitar case full of guns and wiping out entire barrooms of drug dealers in his search for th...
If the plots of the first two movies are all but irrelevant—flimsy excuses for a series of chase scenes and shootouts, heavily reliant on coincidence and illogic—Once Upon a Time in Mexico is almost entirely byzantine machinations and conspiratorial alliances, as a nihilistic CIA agent, Sands (Johnny Depp), exploits a planned coup d’état for the pu...
Across the Mariachi trilogy, Rodriguez moves actors around like action figures on a playset, recasting the same faces in different roles (Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo) and even the same role with different faces (Gallardo and Banderas), entirely unconcerned with continuity from one adventure to the next. Sure, why not?After all, that’s the way legends...
The Mariachi trilogy does have some imperfections worth criticizing, but those are almost exclusively confined to its dubious moral imagination. Wildly entertaining though they are, these movies are absolutely guilty of all the questionable tropes I’ve spent the past few years denouncing. In each one, the Mariachi is motivated to bloodthirsty venge...
Rodriguez made the original film with the modest intention of seeing it released via the Spanish home-video market; instead, it became a theatrical trilogy seen the world over, as mythic in its own right as its very subject. He conquered Hollywood not by playing the game their way—the mistake I made—but by doing what he wanted to do, the way he wan...
Rodriguez's ingenious 1993 debut El Mariachi (infamously filmed for only $7000) sees a naive young musician entering a godforsaken border town and finding himself in the middle of a deadly case of mistaken identity.
Feb 26, 2018 · What makes El Mariachi so magical is not only hidden in its story, but in the way Rodriguez shot the film. With a budget of only $7,000 — most of which was made from Rodriguez’s participation in medical clinic testing — the young filmmaker had to cut corners where he could.
Feb 26, 1993 · El Mariachi: Directed by Robert Rodriguez. With Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt. A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Robert Rodriguez
- 1993-02-26
In terms of plot, there's little remarkable about Rodriguez's debut feature: the tale of a loner mistaken for a killer and hounded by all manner of vengeful...
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American crime lord Moco has set up a lucrative business in Mexico. He tries to rub out his imprisoned employee Azul. However, Azul overcomes the hit-men and escapes, determined to get his revenge. Meanwhile, a wandering mariachi comes to the same town looking for work.
