The Mexico Trilogy (4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release date: August 26, 2024
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £50.00 (Arrow Films) - £49.99 (Zavvi - HMV)
Notes: UHD is Desperado

 

[paulboland]

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) Region B 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 (REGION B 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 (REGION B 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 (REGION B 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

 

[Mararagan]

Hoping for a steelbook release anytime now

 

[Ashcroft]

I get not releasing the first film in 4k given how it was shot, but not having the 3rd film in 4k in a trilogy box set seems a little stupid.

 

[Noodles]

Yeah, I must've missed the fact these weren't all 4K with the US edition... what a letdown

 

[Ashcroft]

It reminds me of when they released the first 4 Rocky and Star Trek films in 4k boxsets. Just rushing out what they had at the time instead of waiting for a complete set to be ready

 

[mumbles]

I get not releasing the first film in 4k given how it was shot, but not having the 3rd film in 4k in a trilogy box set seems a little stupid.

Once Upon A Time in Mexico was shot digitally at 1080p , it can’t be remastered at 4K .

 

[Ashcroft]

I guess that makes sense then, but what a stupidly short-sighted decision that was