El Mariachi is a 1992 Spanish-language American independent neo-Western film and the first part of the saga that came to be known as Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy.
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12 Facts About El Mariachi
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In 2011, El Mariachi was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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The El Mariachi is then forced to kill four of the attackers in self-defense after being chased through the streets.
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Moco then shoots the El Mariachi's left hand, rendering him useless as a guitar player, and proceeds to taunt and laugh at the El Mariachi.
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El Mariachi did not use a slate; the actors, instead, signaled the number of scene and number of take with their fingers.
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El Mariachi did not use a dolly, and instead held the camera while being pushed around in a wheelchair.
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El Mariachi did not use synchronised sound; rather, he shot the film silent, then recorded on-set audio so it could be synced in post-production.
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Similarly, there is a scene in which the El Mariachi buys a coconut, but Rodriguez forgot to show him paying for the fruit; instead of driving back to the place to shoot additional scenes, Rodriguez decided to build in a voice-over in which the El Mariachi asserts that the coconuts were for free.
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Improvisation was useful to cover up continuity mistakes: at the end of the movie, the El Mariachi has his left hand shot, but Rodriguez forgot to bring the metal glove to cover up the actor's hand; he solved it by packing his hand with black duct tape.
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Scene in which the El Mariachi delivers a song in front of Domino, Rodriguez hired Juan Francisco Suarez Vidaurri, a local entertainer.
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El Mariachi won multiple international awards, including the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
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In December 2011, El Mariachi was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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