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Desperado (1995)
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"I really wanted to be impressed by this movie, and I was, in a sense. The color is fantastic, and the cinematography is nothing to sneeze at either. It even had what must have been some very cool gunfights for its time. Unfortunately the narrative itself was too hard to follow. Call me racist, but I had trouble differentiating the various bosses from each other due to the similarity of their names to my western ear. This left the majority of dialogue fairly difficult to comprehend. I wish I had seen this movie before being exposed to some of the better handgun-based action movies made since, such as A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II, The Killer, Hard Boiled, Desperado, etc. Even The Wild Bunch could be included in that category. "
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"I am feeling a bit grumpy at the moment so I am going to revisit the subject of my first post -- that of a director pilfering through their own material. There are a number of excellent examples of this but I am going to limit myself to two directors. The reason for this is that both of these men, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith have had a very large impact on me. My current career path has been shaped largely by these directors which is why their transgressions pain me so. First, Mr. Smith. Once upon a time there was a directory who made a crappy (production-wise) little movie called Clerks. It is not a pretty movie nor is it an interesting-looking film. Clerks has very few merits except the fact that it is quite funny and original and it somehow manages to convey the joy and exuberence of it's creator. There is a quality to Clerks, a "I just wanted to make a movie" attitude that is infectious. This film feels to me to emboy the very spirit of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane ... "
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SXSW panel: Latino cinema knows ...
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"March 10, 2008By Laura Tillman Along with films and music, Austin's annual South by Southwest festival offers pass-holders the chance to attend intimate panel discussions with experts and some of their favorite artists. Monday, three of the festival's Latin American born filmmakers joined moderator Charles Ramirez Berg, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss "New Trends in Latino Cinema." About 30 seconds into the talk, however, they realized they might not have much to say on the given subject."I think there is a change in that Latino filmmakers are getting away from being so easily identified or grouped together and I think that's good," said Berg, who initially organized the event as a conversation between himself and producer Elizabeth Avellan. Avellan, who worked with her husband Robert Rodriguez on films like "El Mariachi," "Desperado," and "Sin City," recommended that Peruvian director Ric ... "
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Revisiting "Desperado"
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"I rented this movie on my first trip to the video store in over a year (hey, I can borrow so much, I haven't needed to go). I decided to watch this movie again when I made up my mind that I wanted to see its sequel, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, which I will blog about next. I had seen this movie once, a long time ago in college, and remembered very little of it except for a lot of acrobatic gunfire from dreamy Antonio. It didn't leave much of an impression on me then, so I don't know what possessed me to pick up this series again. Well, actually I do. Given my latest new and improved interest in Johnny Depp, I have been watching or rewatching many of his movies. The sequel intrigued me, and I felt I couldn't watch that without watching this one again, to refresh my memory. Turns out, it didn't really matter. The two movies are not very connected. And my second viewing of Desperado didn't leave me feeling any more impressed than I was the first time. Antonio plays a gun-toti ... "
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"I have to admit I love the soundtrack to Desperado When I clean the house I listen to it. Not sure what it is about the music, but it really puts me into a fantastic mood. The other sound track the I absolutly love is "The Talented Mr.Ripley" I am kind of a jazz nut sometimes. :) "
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