El Mariachi Page #3
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- Year:
- 1992
- 81 min
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CREDIT SEQUENCE:
EXT. AZUL / MARIACHI ON HIGHWAY - DAY
The blue truck barels down the highway and the camera pans with
the truck as it passes a hitchhiker, MARIACHI, standing in the
sun with a thumb in the air. The truck passes him up so he
continues walking. Mariachi is carrying a guitar case in one hand
and a black jacket in the other. He is wearing a white T-shirt,
black pants. The camera pans to a sign that reads "ACU�A 18
miles".
Mariachi is walking around downtown Acu�a. He notices a bar
across the street and, liking the way it looks, he puts on his
jacket and crosses over to it. He stops to read a sign on the
building that says "MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ONLY". He prays
silently to himself before confidently walking inside.
Mariachi enters the club, greeting the PATRONS as ge makes his
way to the bar. No one seems to greet him back. He sits on a
barstool near some OTHER DRINKERS, laying his guitar case down
lovingly beneath his stool. He looks around the place, as if
sizing it up.
BARTENDER:
What do you want to drink?
MARIACHI:
Refresco.
The other drinkers stare at him.
Glancing around the room, Mariachi notices a small, table-shaped
object draped with a cloth in one corner of the room.
Sitting directly behind him are four mean-looking dudes. Mariachi
is served his drink.
MARIACHI:
No hay musica?
BARTENDER:
(cleaning a glass)
Why?
MARIACHI:
I'm a mariachi. A good one. I play beautiful ballads, old classic
ballads, on an old-fashioned guitar.
BARTENDER:
So what?
MARIACHI:
I could add a little class to this place. I work for fairly
cheap, I live mostly off tips. But I need steady work, and I can
guarantee bringing in more customers.
BARTENDER:
(nodding)
Tell me, why would I need one little guitar player when I've
already got a full band?
Mariachi gives him a silent "what" look.
The BARTENDER motions to a YOUNG MAN sitting near the small
draped table.
The Young Man removes the drape revealing a keyboard. Puts on his
mariachi hat, dips his fingers into his shot glass and rubs his
fingers together (as if warming up for the big show). He hits a
few switches in EXTREME CLOSEUP as...
... Mariachi adjusts himself to the seat.
The Young Men gently taps one switch and the keyboard sounds like
an accordion, pulsing out a beat. He then presses another switch
and a horn section swells to a crescendo and waltzes the familiar
riffs. He adds the string and horns accents by banging on the
keys. He sounds awful.
Mariachi grimaces slightly then turns back to the Bartender who
seems to enjoy it.
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