Land of Look Behind (1982)

Details

Street Date: January 30, 2007

Rating: NR

Running Time: 90 Minutes

Language: Eng

Screen Formats: WSE

Studio: Subversive Cinema

DVD Sides: 1

Review Summary

In this documentary on the Rastafarians in Jamaica (homeland of the Rastafari par excellence -- the late Bob Marley), director Alan Greenberg interviews some Jamaicans whose conversations suggest that the smoking of ganja, the worship of Haile Selassie (the former Ethiopian emperor) as a god, and the goal of Jamaican self-realization is their own kind of unified field theory. A young, poverty-stricken teenager listens to the reggae music on his radio as though it will magically lead him to a better future, and a pineapple cutter living in the "baddest" area of the island dreams of fomenting tourism in his exotic surroundings. The May, 1981 funeral of Marley himself brought Christian and Rastafarian beliefs together in tribute to the island's hero, providing one of the most poignant vignettes in the Land of Look Behind. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/28172/Land-of-Look-Behind/dvd

Land of Look Behind - Trailer

The Mambo Kings

In the early 1950s, two Cuban brothers, musicians César and Nestor Castillo, must flee Havana after getting into a violent dispute with the mobster owners of a club where they performed.

Eventually ending up in New York, the brothers (Banderas and Assante) work at menial jobs while attempting to revive their musical careers. At a nightclub where Cesar briefly crashes the act of mambo star Tito Puente, they make new friends and connections, as well as meeting cigarette girl Lanna Lake (Cathy Moriarty), who falls quickly into a love affair with Cesar.

Nestor, in the meantime, remains oblivious to other women while continually composing his ode to his lost Cuban love, Maria. He writes version after version of the same ballad, "Beautiful Maria of My Soul," until by chance one day he encounters Dolores (Maruschka Detmers), a shy but attentive young woman who wishes to become a school teacher. When she becomes pregnant, they decide to get married.

Fate intervenes one night at a club, where the Castillo brothers have a part-time job. Nestor's love ballad captures the interest of one of the customers, who turns out to be the Cuban bandleader and American television star Desi Arnaz (played by his son, Desi Arnaz, Jr.). After a pleasant evening in Nestor's and Dolores' modest home, Arnaz generously invites the struggling Castillos to sing and act on an episode of his smash TV series, I Love Lucy.

Cleverly intercutting footage of Banderas and Assante into an actual I Love Lucy episode (where the brothers' characters appear to actually be interacting in a scene with Lucille Ball), the film depicts the rise to prominence of Cesar and Nestor as overnight stars.

Fame doesn't last, however. Nestor is not as ambitious as his brother and desires nothing more than to own his own small club. He is in love with Dolores but lacks the passion he felt for his beloved Maria back home. Cesar, meantime, suppresses his true feelings, that a woman like Dolores would actually be perfect for him.

There are tragic consequences one snowy night when the Castillo brothers' car veers off the road and into a tree. Cesar is in the back seat and barely hurt, but Nestor, driving the car, is killed. The life of Cesar, shattered, is never the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mambo_Kings

Bella Maria de mi alma

Si deseo sonreír
Pienso solamente en ti
En la magia del amor
En tu piel, en tu sabor

En la isla del dolor
Recuerdo tu calor
Desearía morir
Cerca de ti

Un ardiente corazón
Colorea mi pasión
Deseando compartir
El sentir de este vivir

En las olas de este mar
Sueño en la eternidad
Con cada luna vendrás
Con la marea te irás

En un caracol
Pienso oír tu voz
La bella María de mi amor

Aunque estemos separados
En un sueño angelical
Si llego de nuevo a amar
No hay razón, porque cambiar

Temo yo permanecer
Sin ti en la eternidad
Lejos nos pueden separar
Jamás pudiera olvidar
Tu risa celestial
Tus besos, tu calor
La bella María de mi amor

Si no te vuelvo a ver
No dejarás de ser
La bella María de mi amor.

(Antonio Banderas)

Tracklist:

01. Ran Kan Kan (Pablo Flores Mix])
02. Beautiful Maria of My Soul (Bella Maria de Mi Alma) - Antonio Banderas
03. La Dicha Mia - Celia Cruz
04. Ran Kan Kan - Tito Puente
05. Cuban Pete - Tito Puente
06. Mambo Caliente - Arturo Sandoval
07. Quiereme Mucho
08. Sunny Ray - Mambo All-Stars
09. Melao de Caρa - Celia Cruz
10. Beautiful Maria of My Soul - Mambo All-Stars
11. Para Los Rumberos - Tito Puente
12. Perfidia - Linda Ronstadt
13. Guantanamera - Celia Cruz
14. Tea for Two - Mambo All-Stars
15. Accidental Mambo - Mambo All-Stars
16. Como Fue
17. Tanga Rumba-Afro-Cubana - Mambo All-Stars
18. Beautiful Maria of My Soul - Los Lobos

http://avaxsphere.com/music/ost_soundtrack/mambo_kings.html

DESPARADO

With this sequel to his prize-winning independent previous film, "El Mariachi," director Robert Rodriquez joins the ranks of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo as a master of slick, glamorized ultra-violence. We pick up the story as a continuation of "El Mariachi," where an itinerant musician, looking for work, gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love, corruption, and death. This time, he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand, which occurred at the end of the earlier movie. However, the plot is recapitulated, and

again, a case of mistaken identity leads to a very high body count, involvement with a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord, and finally, the inevitable face-to-face confrontation and bloody showdown.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112851/

Cancion Del Mariachi Lyrics

Antonio Banderas (and Los Lobos)

From the Soundtrack of the Movie: Desperado

Soy un hombre muy honrado, Que me gusta lo mejor
Las mujeres no me faltan, Ni al dinero, ni el amor.
Jineteando en mi caballo, Por la sierra yo me voy
Las estrellas y la luna, Ellas me dicen donde voy

Chrous:
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, mi amor
Ay, mi morena
De mi corazon
(Repeate Intro.)

Me gusta tocar guitarra, me gusta cantar el son
Mariachi me acompana, quando canto my cancion.
Me gustan tomar mis copas, aguardiente es lo mejor
Tanbien la tequilla blanca, con cu sal le da sabor.

Chrous:
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, mi amor
Ay, mi morena
De mi corazon

Me gusta tocar guitarra, me gusta cantar el sol
Mariachi me acompana, quando canto my cancion
Me gustan tomar mis copas, aguardiente es lo mejor
Tanbien la tequilla blanca, con cu sal le da sabor

Chrous:
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, mi amor
Ay, mi morena
De mi corazon
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, mi amor
Ay, mi morena
De mi corazon ...(ay ay ay)