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[The ""Columbia"" logo appears, depicting Columbia on a pedestal, holding up a torch against the backdrop of a cloudy sky and the lettering ""COLUMBIA"".]
[At a bar in Mexico, Buscemi, an American man, tells a story to the bartender.] Buscemi: I was visiting a bar, and in he walked.
[A brown double door is pushed open, revealing the silhouette of a long-haired man. His face remains in the dark.]
[Close-up on Buscemi, a man in this late thirties with a stern look on his face.] Bartender: You saw his face? Buscemi: His face? No.
[Back to the silhouette of the long-haired man. He's standing in front of a red neon sign. His face remains in the dark.] Buscemi: I mean, every step he took towards the light, just when you thought his face was about to be revealed, it wasn't. It was as if the lights dimmed just for him.
[Buscemi has a drink in front of him. He gestures with his right hand as he speaks.]
[Outside, El Mariachi, the long-haired man, dressed in black, picks up a guitar case and starts walking down the road.] Narrator: They called him a loner.
[Carolina, a woman who runs a bookstore.] Carolina: I know who you are.
[El Mariachi runs his hand through his hair.] El Mariachi: Really?
Carolina: You kill drug dealers. [El Mariachi pulls a gun from behind his head. He cocks the gun and fires a shot.]
[We follow the path of the bullet. It is headed for the bartender who stands behind the counter with a rifle in his hands.]
[Close-up on El Mariachi. He is looking up.] El Mariachi: They killed the woman I loved.
[El Mariachi is kneeling next to a woman lying on the ground. She appears to be dead. El Mariachi gets up, looking straight ahead.] El Mariachi: They ruined my life.
Narrator: They called him a myth. [El Mariachi, walking down the street, is pushing aside a colourful blanket that is blocking his way.]
[Bucho, a man in his forties who is a drug dealer.] Bucho: You've heard stories of that man that carries a guitar case full of weapons. [El Mariachi, carrying his guitar case, is walking through the saloon. The customers and bar staff are looking on.]
[El Mariachi, carrying two guitar cases, is walking down the street. Shots are firing from within the guitar cases. Several cars are hit by the bullets.]
[Close-up on Navajas, a moustachioed hitman. He opens his jacket and reveals a collection of knives that are strapped to his torso.] Bucho: Find him! And kill him!
[Close-up on Carolina.] Carolina: I hope you don't think you can take someone like Bucho all by yourself.
[Close-up on El Mariachi who is looking through the sight of a gun.]
[Close-up on El Mariachi.] El Mariachi: Really?
Narrator: They made the mistake of calling his bluff. [El Mariachi enters the saloon, carrying his guitar case.]
[Close-up on the bartender.] Bartender: Is there something in the guitar case?
[Close-up on El Mariachi.] El Mariachi: My guitar.
Narrator: Now, it's time to face the music. [El Mariachi puts his guitar case on the floor and opens it, revealing a collection of guns and ammunition.]
[Close-up on El Mariachi who is stretching his neck.] El Mariachi: Let's play.
[Various guns are being loaded and cocked.]
[A selection of rapidly changing excerpts from the feature, many of which involve gun violence.]
[The excerpts culminate in a shot of El Mariachi and Carolina kissing.]
[Close-up on pick-up guy.] Pick-up guy: It's cool,
[El Mariachi is diving behind the bar. A number of liquor bottles are shattering.]
[A caption reads, ""ANTONIO BANDERAS. DESPERADO.""] Narrator: Desperado. The new film from Robert Rodriguez.
[A caption reads, ""Columbia Pictures Presents a Los Hooligans Production. A Film by Robert Rodriguez Starring Antonio Banderas, Joaquim de Almeida, ""Desperado"", Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Bill Borden. Written, Produced, and Directed by Robert Rodriguez.]
[A caption reads, ""Featuring musical performances by Antonio Banderas, Los Lobos, Tito & Tarantula, Dire Straits, Santana.]
Arrow Video
A Tex-Mex tornado of fire and fury, writer-director Robert Rodriguez's astonishing 'Mexico Trilogy' broke fresh new ground in American independent and action cinema, catapulting the filmmaker and his largely Hispanic cast and crew into the Hollywood stratosphere.
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. The major studio follow-up Desperado sees Antonio Banderas take up the mantle of the mysterious Mariachi, stalking the Mexican underworld with enough bullets up his sleeves for every bandito in his path. Finally, 2003's Once Upon a Time in Mexico sees Rodriguez use every cutting-edge technological innovation in his arsenal to bring the trilogy's explosive conclusion to the screen, as the Mariachi finds himself in the center of a bloody war for the soul of Mexico itself.
Fun, fast and full of invention and inspiration, this deadly trio cemented Robert Rodriguez's reputation as an action auteur worth following, and are accompanied here by insightful new interviews with the director and his crew of collaborators.
Product Features
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Region B Blu-ray presentations of all three films
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of Desperado
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Carlos Aguilar and Nicholas Clement
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Double sided posters featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Collectable poster featuring Robert Rodriguez's original poster concept for El Mariachi
DISC 1 - EL MARIACHI (REGION B BLU-RAY)
- Original uncompressed Latin-American Spanish stereo audio, plus an English dub in lossless stereo
- Optional English subtitles, plus English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Big Vision Low Budget, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- The Original Mariachi, a newly filmed interview with producer/star Carlos Gallardo
- The Music of 'El Mariachi', a newly produced featurette on the music in the film, featuring interviews with composers Eric Guthrie, Chris Knudson, Alvaro Rodriguez and Marc Trujillo
- Ten Minute Film School, an archive featurette produced and narrated by Rodriguez
- Bedhead, a 1991 short film by Rodriguez
- Theatrical trailer and TV spot
DISCS 2 & 3 - DESPERADO (REGION B BLU-RAY / 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures
- Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
- Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
- Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
- Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid)
- Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Textless opening ("Morena de mi Corazón")
- Theatrical trailers
DISC 4 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (REGION B BLU-RAY)
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- The Revolution Will Be Digitized, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Troublemaking, a newly filmed interview with visual effects editor Ethan Maniquis
- Eight deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Rodriguez
- Ten Minute Flick School, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Inside Troublemaker Studios, an archive featurette on Rodriguez's studio in Austin
- Ten Minute Cooking School, an archive featurette in which Rodriguez shows you how to cook Puerco Pibil
- Film is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriguez, a presentation by the director given in 2003
- The Anti-Hero's Journey, an archive featurette on the arc of the Mariachi
- The Good, the Bad and the Bloody: Inside KNB FX, an archive featurette on the film's special effects
- Theatrical trailers
- 81 / 104 / 102 mins approx
- Robert Rodriguez
- 18
- Carlos Gallardo
- Juanita Vargas
- Antonio Banderas
- Salma Hayek
- Willem Dafoe
- Eva Mendes
English / English SDH
- 1.85:1 / 1.78:1
- 1993
- 1995
- 2003
- English / Spanish
- 4
- B
- Arrow Video
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[The ""Columbia"" logo appears, depicting Columbia on a pedestal, holding up a torch against the backdrop of a cloudy sky and the lettering ""COLUMBIA"".]
[At a bar in Mexico, Buscemi, an American man, tells a story to the bartender.] Buscemi: I was visiting a bar, and in he walked.
[A brown double door is pushed open, revealing the silhouette of a long-haired man. His face remains in the dark.]
[Close-up on Buscemi, a man in this late thirties with a stern look on his face.] Bartender: You saw his face? Buscemi: His face? No.
[Back to the silhouette of the long-haired man. He's standing in front of a red neon sign. His face remains in the dark.] Buscemi: I mean, every step he took towards the light, just when you thought his face was about to be revealed, it wasn't. It was as if the lights dimmed just for him.
[Buscemi has a drink in front of him. He gestures with his right hand as he speaks.]
[Outside, El Mariachi, the long-haired man, dressed in black, picks up a guitar case and starts walking down the road.] Narrator: They called him a loner.
[Carolina, a woman who runs a bookstore.] Carolina: I know who you are.
[El Mariachi runs his hand through his hair.] El Mariachi: Really?
Carolina: You kill drug dealers. [El Mariachi pulls a gun from behind his head. He cocks the gun and fires a shot.]
[We follow the path of the bullet. It is headed for the bartender who stands behind the counter with a rifle in his hands.]
[Close-up on El Mariachi. He is looking up.] El Mariachi: They killed the woman I loved.
[El Mariachi is kneeling next to a woman lying on the ground. She appears to be dead. El Mariachi gets up, looking straight ahead.] El Mariachi: They ruined my life.
Narrator: They called him a myth. [El Mariachi, walking down the street, is pushing aside a colourful blanket that is blocking his way.]
[Bucho, a man in his forties who is a drug dealer.] Bucho: You've heard stories of that man that carries a guitar case full of weapons. [El Mariachi, carrying his guitar case, is walking through the saloon. The customers and bar staff are looking on.]
[El Mariachi, carrying two guitar cases, is walking down the street. Shots are firing from within the guitar cases. Several cars are hit by the bullets.]
[Close-up on Navajas, a moustachioed hitman. He opens his jacket and reveals a collection of knives that are strapped to his torso.] Bucho: Find him! And kill him!
[Close-up on Carolina.] Carolina: I hope you don't think you can take someone like Bucho all by yourself.
[Close-up on El Mariachi who is looking through the sight of a gun.]
[Close-up on El Mariachi.] El Mariachi: Really?
Narrator: They made the mistake of calling his bluff. [El Mariachi enters the saloon, carrying his guitar case.]
[Close-up on the bartender.] Bartender: Is there something in the guitar case?
[Close-up on El Mariachi.] El Mariachi: My guitar.
Narrator: Now, it's time to face the music. [El Mariachi puts his guitar case on the floor and opens it, revealing a collection of guns and ammunition.]
[Close-up on El Mariachi who is stretching his neck.] El Mariachi: Let's play.
[Various guns are being loaded and cocked.]
[A selection of rapidly changing excerpts from the feature, many of which involve gun violence.]
[The excerpts culminate in a shot of El Mariachi and Carolina kissing.]
[Close-up on pick-up guy.] Pick-up guy: It's cool,
[El Mariachi is diving behind the bar. A number of liquor bottles are shattering.]
[A caption reads, ""ANTONIO BANDERAS. DESPERADO.""] Narrator: Desperado. The new film from Robert Rodriguez.
[A caption reads, ""Columbia Pictures Presents a Los Hooligans Production. A Film by Robert Rodriguez Starring Antonio Banderas, Joaquim de Almeida, ""Desperado"", Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Bill Borden. Written, Produced, and Directed by Robert Rodriguez.]
[A caption reads, ""Featuring musical performances by Antonio Banderas, Los Lobos, Tito & Tarantula, Dire Straits, Santana.]
Arrow Video
A Tex-Mex tornado of fire and fury, writer-director Robert Rodriguez's astonishing 'Mexico Trilogy' broke fresh new ground in American independent and action cinema, catapulting the filmmaker and his largely Hispanic cast and crew into the Hollywood stratosphere.
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. The major studio follow-up Desperado sees Antonio Banderas take up the mantle of the mysterious Mariachi, stalking the Mexican underworld with enough bullets up his sleeves for every bandito in his path. Finally, 2003's Once Upon a Time in Mexico sees Rodriguez use every cutting-edge technological innovation in his arsenal to bring the trilogy's explosive conclusion to the screen, as the Mariachi finds himself in the center of a bloody war for the soul of Mexico itself.
Fun, fast and full of invention and inspiration, this deadly trio cemented Robert Rodriguez's reputation as an action auteur worth following, and are accompanied here by insightful new interviews with the director and his crew of collaborators.
Product Features
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Region B Blu-ray presentations of all three films
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of Desperado
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Carlos Aguilar and Nicholas Clement
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Double sided posters featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Collectable poster featuring Robert Rodriguez's original poster concept for El Mariachi
DISC 1 - EL MARIACHI (REGION B BLU-RAY)
- Original uncompressed Latin-American Spanish stereo audio, plus an English dub in lossless stereo
- Optional English subtitles, plus English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Big Vision Low Budget, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- The Original Mariachi, a newly filmed interview with producer/star Carlos Gallardo
- The Music of 'El Mariachi', a newly produced featurette on the music in the film, featuring interviews with composers Eric Guthrie, Chris Knudson, Alvaro Rodriguez and Marc Trujillo
- Ten Minute Film School, an archive featurette produced and narrated by Rodriguez
- Bedhead, a 1991 short film by Rodriguez
- Theatrical trailer and TV spot
DISCS 2 & 3 - DESPERADO (REGION B BLU-RAY / 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures
- Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
- Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
- Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
- Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid)
- Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Textless opening ("Morena de mi Corazón")
- Theatrical trailers
DISC 4 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (REGION B BLU-RAY)
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- The Revolution Will Be Digitized, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Troublemaking, a newly filmed interview with visual effects editor Ethan Maniquis
- Eight deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Rodriguez
- Ten Minute Flick School, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Inside Troublemaker Studios, an archive featurette on Rodriguez's studio in Austin
- Ten Minute Cooking School, an archive featurette in which Rodriguez shows you how to cook Puerco Pibil
- Film is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriguez, a presentation by the director given in 2003
- The Anti-Hero's Journey, an archive featurette on the arc of the Mariachi
- The Good, the Bad and the Bloody: Inside KNB FX, an archive featurette on the film's special effects
- Theatrical trailers
- 81 / 104 / 102 mins approx
- Robert Rodriguez
- 18
- Carlos Gallardo
- Juanita Vargas
- Antonio Banderas
- Salma Hayek
- Willem Dafoe
- Eva Mendes
English / English SDH
- 1.85:1 / 1.78:1
- 1993
- 1995
- 2003
- English / Spanish
- 4
- B
- Arrow Video
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Rise of the Mariachi
Robert Rodriguez is distinctive filmmaker in a number of ways, and this trilogy is interesting because it details his rise from indie (El Mariachi) to big budget (Once Upon a Time in Mexico). The three films have varying levels of impact, Desperado being the best of the 3 in my opinion. Arrow provides, as usual, a solid technical merit and really enjoyable supplements, all in a very handsomely packaged release.
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