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Arrow Video
A Tex-Mex tornado of fire and fury, writer-director Robert Rodriguezs 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.
Rodriguezs ingenious 1993 debut El Mariachi (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, 2003s Once Upon a Time in Mexico sees Rodriguez use every cutting-edge technological innovation in his arsenal to bring the trilogys grand 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 Rodriguezs reputation as an action auteur worth following, and are accompanied here by insightful interviews with the director and his crew of collaborators.
Product Features
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films
Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
DISC 1 – EL MARIACHI
Original lossless 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, an interview with Rodriguez
The Original Mariachi, an interview with producer/star Carlos Gallardo
The Music of El Mariachi, a featurette on the music in the film, featuring interviews with composers Eric Guthrie, Chris Knudson, Alvaro Rodriguez and Marc Trujillo
DISC 2 – DESPERADO
DISC 3 – ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
