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Dear Sebastian and members, last saturday I’ve seen at last “Once upon a time in Mexico” of Rodriguez in home video version. I’ve read some advices of other fans that have founded that Mariachi as character is like a mexican 007. But the best impression is that all three actors, Depp, Banderas and Rourke can suggest a memory of previous films played; not only the guns are the first objects but also the guitar that Mariachi is taking in every place to find occasions to play. For us in Italy the memory of S. Leone “Giu’ la testa” is strong. In conclusion, for director Rodriguez not only a show, but a walk in the recent story of cinema. Giuliano Giuricin Grado Italy
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I don’t understand fully what you are trying to say, but the “El Mariachi” character in Rodriguez’s Mariachi films is based upon or atleast is reference to Clint Eastwood’s “man with no name” character in Leone’s “Dollars trilogy” and much less to do with Duck, You Sucker. The thing he wears around his hand is similar to (if not the same as) the one Eastwood wears in those films. Furthermore, as both Rodriguez and QT love Leone, QT suggested that El Mariachi and Desperado could be Rodriguez’s “Dollars Trilogy”, and that he should name the final installment “Once Upon a Time in Mexico”. This film in particular has a few references to Leone’s films, and implements certain Leone styles as well such as the “mexican standoff”, the Spaghetti-Western-like music and of course as already mentioned, “the man with no name character”, a man with almost no past, almost no connections, who travels to different towns to sort out unfinished business.
I’m sure others here could give you a much better answer. 