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4.0étoiles sur 5
Gun Slingin-Guitar Pickin' Hombre, Mars 12 2004
El Mariachi started out as a property, meant solely for the direct to video market, in Mexico. But when a major studio executive saw the film, he liked it so much, director Robert Rodriguez, soon found out, the film would go into wider release. All of this, of course, was a good thing and led to two more sequels Desperado and Once Upon A Time In Mexico.While earning room and board for a song, a down-on-his-luck musician (Carlos Gallardo) gets into some heavy duty trouble after he's mistaken for a guitar case-toting hitman in a small Mexican town. Soon, the exploits of El Mariachi, will become the talk of the town, as he must face one bad guy after another. Thanks to this film, Roderiguez's do it yourself style of filmmaking, has become a more accepted practice. It is very clear that while he wants the audience to have fun, he also wants to give the action film an edgier tone. While not as well known as Atonio Banderas, the man who repaced him in the next 2 films in the series, Gallardo does a credible job getting things started. The character is an anti-hero in every sense. Roderiguez has mixing up genres with a cross between the Spaghetti westerns and say Michael Mann's Heat It's fun all the way. The film was named the Audience Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival The special edition DVD of the movie boasts an all new souped up print of the film, supervised and approved, by Rodriguez. The director also sat down to record a fine audio commentary. It is both fun and informative as always. Viewers also get to see a short film of his called "Bedhead", and starring members of his family, that's fun too. You get to attend, what the director calls "10-Minute Film School" and see a now outdated sneak peek of Once Upon a Time in Mexico, that acts as a bloated commercial for the film. A fun ride, like all the films in the trilogy, that comes recommended.
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