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1995
Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film written, co-produced, edited, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. A sequel to El Mariachi (1993) and it is the second installment of Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It stars Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi, who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 1995.
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In the past decade many non-American or independent directors came to Hollywood and thus allowed critics to observe an interesting phenomenon. It seems that the quality of their work decreases proportionally to their proximity to Hollywood mainstream and large budgets. The most telling example of this phenomenon could be found in the career of Robert Rodriguez. In 1992 he rose to fame with *El Mariachi*, debut film…More
Probably a famous movie for many, but it is worthwhile to look twice (I looked at the bar for a child and everything that left me in memory was a real guitar and your people. Great actors (Banderas as the main character, and Steve Buscemi and Tarantino as a subordinate, especially distinguished with his performance), a multilayer story (can be seen as a comedy / parody, but there are also subtle, more serious messag…More
Antonio Banderasw was all the rage in the early to mid 90's, especially to my girlfriend at the time, who would talk about him incessantly, had a poster of him on the wall and other such teenage stuff that is just so typical. Anyway, my girlfriend likely enjoyed the movie for very different reasons than I did and that is just fine. The movie is about El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) who is out for revenge against a dr…More
