El Mariachi
Plot
Dalam "El Mariachi", karakter tituler, yang diperankan oleh Robert Rodriguez sendiri, adalah seorang musisi rendah hati yang mencari keberuntungan dan ketenaran di kota kecil Meksiko, El Paso del Norte. Penyendiri karismatik ini bermimpi untuk melanjutkan tradisi keluarga musik mariachi, tetapi aspirasinya terus-menerus digagalkan oleh kerasnya realitas kemiskinan dan eksploitasi. Sementara itu, seorang pembunuh bayaranEnigmatis tiba di kota, bersembunyi di depan mata dengan rahasia mematikan: dia membawa gudang senjatanya di dalam wadah gitar. Saat El Mariachi menavigasi lanskap pengkhianatan, cinta, kehilangan, dan kesetiaan yang berbahaya, dia mendapati dirinya terjerat dalam jaring penipuan dan kekerasan yang diatur oleh si pembunuh misterius. Permainan kucing dan tikus ini terungkap di tengah latar belakang musik mariachi yang dinamis, lanskap gurun berdebu, dan kantin kumuh. Dengan setiap liku dan belokan, El Mariachi harus menghadapi kematiannya sendiri dan realitas kehidupan yang keras sebagai musisi yang berjuang. Sepanjang perjalanan penuh aksi ini, Rodriguez memadukan humor jenaka dengan kekerasan yang intens, membuat film yang merupakan surat cinta untuk tradisi mariachi dan kritik pedas terhadap dunia brutal yang sering dihuninya. "El Mariachi" adalah fitur debut yang menggembirakan yang akan melahirkan waralaba yang sukses dan memperkuat reputasi Robert Rodriguez sebagai pembuat film yang berani dan inovatif.
Ulasan
Parker
Low budget doesn't even begin to describe Robert Rodriguez's shoestring mariachi tale. This is guerilla filmmaking at its rawest and most inventive. Rodriguez uses every trick in the book (and probably invents a few along the way) to craft a lean, mean action machine. Think of it as a $7,000 film school, where a wheelchair becomes a dolly, and lighting continuity is a luxury. What it lacks in polish, it more than makes up for in sheer energy and ingenuity. It's a testament to what you can achieve with a camera, a dream, and a whole lot of chutzpah.
Valerie
There's a raw, unpolished charm to it. The degraded film quality lends a silent-era slapstick feel, and the lack of synchronized sound almost makes you think you're watching an Italian Spaghetti Western.
Landon
A low-budget indie film made for $7,000, "El Mariachi" is, in every sense, Robert Rodriguez's one-man show. A cult classic, it's filmed with wild energy, featuring rapid-fire editing, comic book-style treatment, and Rodriguez's openly displayed penchant for the bizarre and darkly humorous.
Raelynn
That morning began like any other, devoid of love, luck, or a ride thumbed on the side of the road. [A good novel opening, this is :)]
Molly
RR made this film for $7,000, $3,000 of which he earned being a human guinea pig, testing new cholesterol-lowering drugs. He wrote most of the script during his 30 days confined to the lab. Mauricio was another "guinea pig." RR acted as producer, director, writer, and special effects artist, handling everything except acting, because then no one would be behind the camera. The actors were so amateur, their mouths would still twitch after they were "dead."
