Desperado

Desperado (1995)

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El Mariachi: Give me the strength to be what I was, and forgive me for what I am.

Bartender: Bad beer, bad service. Don't people know not to come in here?

Tourist Girl: And, your beer tastes like piss.
Bartender: We know.
Tavo: 'Cause we piss in it!
Bartender: That's not all!

Buscemi: Just try and keep it from turning into a fucking bloodbath, all right? Not like last time.
El Mariachi: That one wasn't my fault.
Buscemi: Well, of course not.
El Mariachi: No, they started it.

El Mariachi: Bless me, Father, for I have just killed quite a few men.
Buscemi: No shit!

El Mariachi: It's strange how pulling a trigger is easier than playing the guitar. It's easier to destroy, than to create.

El Mariachi: Bless me, Father, for I have just killed quite a few men.

Continuity mistake: During the rooftop shootout Banderas reloads his gun (right hand one), than he takes another gun (the one in his belt) with the left hand. After a cut, Banderas reloads his right handed gun again and the left handed gun disappears.

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Trivia: Carlos Gallardo, who played El Mariachi in the prequel to Desperado, El Mariachi (1992), was given a minor role in Desperado as Campa, the mariachi with the two machine-gun guitar cases.

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Question: Why does Zamira (Bucho's henchwoman) have no lines of dialogue? Is she mute? Or was it done to make her character enigmatic?

Answer: Having a tough-looking, silent henchman/henchwoman is a pretty common trope in action movies. She's basically there to look tough and mysterious. I wouldn't read into it more than that, especially given how minor the character is. (Minor enough that I had to Google her, because I couldn't even remember her, and I've easily seen this movie a dozen times over the years).

TedStixon

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