The Mexico Trilogy (Arrow Video)

[MifuneFan]

Arrow Video will be releasing Robert Rodriguez's The Mexico Trilogy on Blu-ray, with Desperado on 4K as well, in August!

https://www.amazon.com/Mexico-Trilog.../dp/B0D5ZMXM45

https://diabolikdvd.com/product/le-t...pecs-preorder/

https://www.arrowvideo.com/4k/the-me.../15401370.html

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of Desperado
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Carlos Aguilar and Nicholas Clement
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Double sided posters featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Collectable poster featuring Robert Rodriguez’s original poster concept for El Mariachi

DISC 1 - EL MARIACHI (BLU-RAY)

- Original uncompressed 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, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- The Original Mariachi, a newly filmed interview with producer/star Carlos Gallardo
- The Music of ‘El Mariachi’, a newly produced featurette on the music in the film, featuring interviews with composers Eric Guthrie, Chris Knudson, Alvaro Rodriguez and Marc Trujillo
- Ten Minute Film School, an archive featurette produced and narrated by Rodriguez
- Bedhead, a 1991 short film by Rodriguez
- Theatrical trailer and TV spot

DISCS 2 & 3 - DESPERADO (BLU-RAY / 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures
- Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
- Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
- Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
- Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid)
- Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Textless opening (“Morena de mi Corazón”)
- Theatrical trailers

DISC 4 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (BLU-RAY)

- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- The Revolution Will Be Digitized, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Troublemaking, a newly filmed interview with visual effects editor Ethan Maniquis
- Eight deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Rodriguez
- Ten Minute Flick School, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Inside Troublemaker Studios, an archive featurette on Rodriguez’s studio in Austin
- Ten Minute Cooking School, an archive featurette in which Rodriguez shows you how to cook Puerco Pibil
- Film is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriguez, a presentation by the director given in 2003
- The Anti-Hero’s Journey, an archive featurette on the arc of the Mariachi
- The Good, the Bad and the Bloody: Inside KNB FX, an archive featurette on the film’s special effects
- Theatrical trailers

The Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado & Once Upon a Time in Mexico Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray
A Tex-Mex tornado of fire and fury, writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s 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.

Rodriguez’s ingenious 1993 debut El Mariachi (infamously 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, 2003’s Once Upon a Time in Mexico sees Rodriguez use every cutting-edge technological innovation in his arsenal to bring the trilogy’s explosive 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 Rodriguez’s reputation as an action auteur worth following, and are accompanied here by insightful new interviews with the director and his crew of collaborators.

[Onlysleeping23]

Hope OUATIM has the theatrical 2.35 with original titles as an option. The theatrical version technically has never made it to home video

[Noir Black Schwarz]

Dangit, I just want Desperado.

Is it really in August though? Seems odd that there is nothing showign up on Amazon if it is.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by Noir Black Schwarz

Dangit, I just want Desperado.

Is it really in August though? Seems odd that there is nothing showign up on Amazon if it is.

Desperado is getting a standalone 4K Steelbook too.

Pre-orders should be up tomorrow.

[A Tortured Duckling]

Originally Posted by Noir Black Schwarz

Dangit, I just want Desperado.

Is it really in August though? Seems odd that there is nothing showign up on Amazon if it is.

Lucky you

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by Onlysleeping23

Hope OUATIM has the theatrical 2.35 with original titles as an option. The theatrical version technically has never made it to home video

Since El Mariachi and Mexico do not appear to be remastered in any way (nor would I really have expected them to be if they're not getting UHD upgrades), I wouldn't hold my breath.

[sanjuro78]

Originally Posted by Onlysleeping23

Hope OUATIM has the theatrical 2.35 with original titles as an option. The theatrical version technically has never made it to home video

I was really hoping for this too but looks like it won't be since they're the existing scans. At least we got Planet Terror in 2.35 with the Grindhouse double feature.

[Onlysleeping23]

Originally Posted by sanjuro78

I was really hoping for this too but looks like it won't be since they're the existing scans. At least we got Planet Terror in 2.35 with the Grindhouse double feature.

I’ve matted it off to scope with blanking on my projector and shifted the subtitles. I feel like they could easily approximate it with the existing master, which should be pretty true to the 1080p digitally captured source anyway.

[Neutron82]

should have been 4k for all 3, oh yeah that will come a few months after these have been for sale lol

[Batman90]

It makes no sense that all 3 isn’t 4K.

[sanjuro78]

Originally Posted by Onlysleeping23

I’ve matted it off to scope with blanking on my projector and shifted the subtitles. I feel like they could easily approximate it with the existing master, which should be pretty true to the 1080p digitally captured source anyway.

True. I'm sure they could crop the current master to 2.35. It would be great if they offered a second disc with the alternate aspect ratio like they did with Psycho IV. I saw this on opening night and loved the Scope compositions. The home video releases have annoyed me ever since they've been out.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by Neutron82

should have been 4k for all 3, oh yeah that will come a few months after these have been for sale lol

When was the last time any 4K release came a few months after the Blu-ray and DVD releases?

[BillyBrown66]

Full packshot:

[puffketeer]

Originally Posted by Batman90

It makes no sense that all 3 isn’t 4K.

Originally Posted by Neutron82

should have been 4k for all 3, oh yeah that will come a few months after these have been for sale lol

OUATIM was shot on 1080p/24 digital video according to IMDb's tech specs, and el mariachi was shot on 16mm and blown up to 35mm for theatres.

what i'm saying is 4K probably wouldn't do much for those

[Batman90]

Originally Posted by puffketeer

OUATIM was shot on 1080p/24 digital video according to IMDb's tech specs, and el mariachi was shot on 16mm and blown up to 35mm for theatres.

what i'm saying is 4K probably wouldn't do much for those

It still makes no sense to release a box set with only one movie being in 4K.

[BNex99]

Originally Posted by Batman90

It still makes no sense to release a box set with only one movie being in 4K.

Why would it not make sense? One movie only exists at 1080, and another would benefit very marginally from a 4K scan if at all, so it was probably deemed not worth it from a financial standpoint.

I do kind of wish they'd offer OUATIM in 2.39:1 as an extra option. But to be honest, though I never saw it in theaters, I do remember seeing a scope trailer. And at the time I thought it looked kind of cramped, so I assumed the actual movie would be 1.85 like all of Rodriguez's other films up to that point. It wasn't until it came out on DVD and people pointed out the change that I realized it had been 2.39 in theaters.

[Batman90]

Originally Posted by BNex99

Why would it not make sense? One movie only exists at 1080, and another would benefit very marginally from a 4K scan if at all, so it was probably deemed not worth it from a financial standpoint.

I do kind of wish they'd offer OUATIM in 2.39:1 as an extra option. But to be honest, though I never saw it in theaters, I do remember seeing a scope trailer. And at the time I thought it looked kind of cramped, so I assumed the actual movie would be 1.85 like all of Rodriguez's other films up to that point. It wasn't until it came out on DVD and people pointed out the change that I realized it had been 2.39 in theaters.

Desperado Only existed in 1080p until they made a 4K of it so the other 2 would be 4K if they did them in 4K.

[MifuneFan]

[Damonstein]

I think 16MM looks pretty good on 4k, and an HDR pass could still help OUATIM.

[BNex99]

Originally Posted by Batman90

Desperado Only existed in 1080p until they made a 4K of it so the other 2 would be 4K if they did them in 4K.

Desperado exists as a conformed 35mm negative, a new 4K scan of which could reveal more detail and visual information than that of a 1920x1080 transfer.

OUATIM was shot and finished digitally at 1920x1080 (not even full 2K), so the most that could be done is an upscale (unless they want to use James Cameron's AI software, which I doubt anyone would want to see).

El Mariachi was filmed (and I assume finished) in 16mm. Technically, a 4K scan might look a little better than a 1080 one, but again it was probably determined not to be worth it by Arrow.

Of course, this is all some educated guesswork. For all we know, it might have been Sony that made the decision (but probably for the same reasons).