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info about El Mariachi
| Front |
Back |
Title |
Region |
2 - PAL -
Europe (NOR)
|
 |
 |
Desperado
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| Studio |
Columbia
Tristar |
Alt
Title |
Desperado |
| Distributed
by |
Egmont |
Director(s) |
Robert
Rodriguez |
| Running
Time |
100.mins |
Producer(s) |
Robert
Rodriguez, Bill Borden |
| Prod.
Year |
1995 |
Composer(s) |
Los
Lobos |
| Genre(s) |
Action |
Writer(s) |
Robert
Rodriguez |
| Screen
Format |
WideScreen
1:85:1 Anamorphic |
Prod.Design |
Cecilia
Montiel |
| Sound
Format(s) |
DD
5.1 |
Sound |
Dean
Beville |
| Layer |
DVD-5
2 Sides |
Actors |
- Antonio
Banderas
- Steve Buscemi
- Salma Hayek
- Quentin Tarantino
- Joaquim
de Almeida |
| Case
Type |
Keep
Case (Amaray) |
DVD
Extras: |
- Director's
Commentary Track
- Filmographies
- Music Videos
- Trailer
- 10 Minutes with Shootouts |
| IMDB
Rating |
6.6 |
DVD-ROM |
None |
| Reviewed |
22/8-2000 |
MPAA
Rating |
15 |
| Released |
8/9-1999 |
UPC |
708758991005 |
| IMDB
Link |
0112851 |
Comments |
Added
14-July-2000
|
|
Review
1 - 22/8-2000 |
| The whole
thing starts when the mariachi comes to town looking for work.
He’s a peaceful kinda guy, who just wants to be a guitarplayer
like his old man. Sadly, he’s mistaken for an evil hitman offing
the compadres of the local druglord. He narrowly escapes their
vengeance and shacks up with a kindhearted female barowner.
Naturally, both the killer and the druglord are on his case and he
can’t hide forever, eventually our poor hero has to fight back.
That’s basically the plot of Robert
Rodriguez’s debut feature and, yes, it’s pure western
mythology. The story can hardly be called original, but that
doesn’t mean "El Mariachi" is a bad movie.
It should have been though. Rodriguez
made it on a measly budget of $7000 and a bit of help from his
pals. It is a veritable kick in the ass of some of the Hollywood
megabudget glitterati.
It might not look like a multimillion
dollar movie, but the looks certainly betray it’s budget. Much
of the genius of Rodriguez is that he hasn’t spent his money on
expensive explosions, but instead tried to make it look cool.
There is a lot of posturing with guns, dimly lit bars and barren
deserts. Coolness just can’t be bought.
Infact the economic action underlines
the cool, you can feel the heat and the dust, and it doesn’t
feel like something they put together on a Hollywood backlot. When
you add the western motif of the loner up against enormous odds,
you just can’t lose, can you?
It might not be for those who are
used to standard Hollywood fare, but those who grew up on B-movies
and old westerns will see the greatness of "El Mariachi"
Ove Ekerbakke
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| Front |
Back |
Title |
Region |
2 - PAL -
Europe (NOR)
|
|
|
El
Mariachi
|
| Studio |
Columbia
Tristar |
Alt
Title |
El
Mariachi |
| Distributed
by |
Egmont |
Director(s) |
Robert
Rodriguez |
| Running
Time |
79.mins |
Producer(s) |
Robert
Rodriguez, Carlos Gallardo |
| Prod.
Year |
1993 |
Composer(s) |
Misc |
| Genre(s) |
Action |
Writer(s) |
Robert
Rodriguez |
| Screen
Format |
WideScreen
1:85:1 Anamorphic |
Prod.Design |
N/A |
| Sound
Format(s) |
DD
2.0 |
Sound |
Robert
Rodriguez |
| Layer |
DVD-5
2 Sides |
Actors |
- Carlos
Gallardo
- Consuelo Gomez |
| Case
Type |
Keep
Case (Amaray) |
DVD
Extras: |
-
Director's Commentary Track
- Filmographies
- Trailer
- 10 Minutes Film School
- Short Movie: Bedhead |
| IMDB
Rating |
7.1 |
DVD-ROM |
None |
| Reviewed |
22/8-2000 |
MPAA
Rating |
15 |
| Released |
8/9-1999 |
UPC |
708758991005 |
| IMDB
Link |
0104815 |
Comments |
Added
14-July-2000
|
|
Review
1 - 22/8-2000 |
| After the unexpected
success of "El Mariachi" Robert Rodriguez suddenly
became one of the hottest properties of Hollywood. Quentin
Tarantino became one of his best pals and a studio decided to give
him the money to make a sequel to "El Mariachi". Thanks
to this doe Rodriguez could make "Desperado".
Though, he had money in his purse the
director hasn’t forgotten his B-movie roots.
He did, however, opt to get in another set
of actors. Instead of his pals we now meet people like Steve
Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino and Salma Hayek in a star making part.
Antonio Banderas, whose biggest claim to fame at the time was to
turn down Madonna, is El Mariachi.
The story, however, is basically the same as
the first film. The guitarplayer returns looking for revenge. The
badguys injured his playing arm and now he’s mighty pissed off.
Like the first film there is a lot of
shooting and posturing and he does get help from a beautiful woman
(Hayek) to do the whol thing. Like the first film it’s not the
story that captivates, but the great action scenes, who have the
trademark cool of the Tarantino/Rodriguez combination.
The western influences are still all around,
but now they are mixed with the cartoon violence of Hong Kong
movies. If You want to label it might be John Ford meets John Woo.
It’s cool, it’s good looking and it’s
pretty damn shallow, which makes it a fun way to spend a couple of
hours.
Ove Ekerbakke
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