El Mariachi

Saturday · 26 Oct 02 · 07:07 PM IST | Posted by Karthik | Category: Movies

I downloaded a few screenplays today (from Drew's Script-O-Rama) and I actually managed to read one of them!  Before I come to that, let's see what scripts are sitting on my desktop now.

  • There are two versions of Jim Uhls's Fight Club script - one is supposed to be the final draft, and the other the shooting script.  At first glance there doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between them.  And I'm sure I have already read one of these before.
  • I also got David Ayer's Training Day screenplay.  Now this is one fantastic movie (it got a rating of 5/5 on my Movie Reviews page), and I gave a quick glance to the entire script.  Maybe I will get the time to actually read it properly one day.
  • I also got what is supposed to be the script of The Matrix Reloaded, by Andy and Larry Wachowski!  The page says that there is no guarantee that this is going to be the final script, though.  I haven't read it yet.
  • And finally, I also got Robert Rodriguez's script for El Mariachi.

I read the whole El Mariachi script this afternoon.  If you have seen Desperado, then this is the movie that came before that.  This is where the whole story started - if you remember there is a flashback scene in Desperado where Antonio Banderas's character remembers how the woman he fell in love with was killed, and how his hand was shot.  In El Mariachi we get to see how these events came about.  It has a simple story, a wandering Mariachi (guitar player, musician) who carries his guitar, looking for work, is mistaken for the dangerous Azul - who has escaped from prison, and is also carrying around a guitar case - only this case is loaded with weapons!  Azul is actually after Moco, a vicious drug dealer who double crossed him.  And Moco's men want Azul dead, but all they know of him is that he carries a guitar case around!  So they go after Mariachi too.  Lots of bloody action ensues!  I would like to see this movie sometime, Robert Rodriguez is the man behind both Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn (two awesome movies), so I will obviously like it!

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