This movie is a beautiful spectacle of sight and sound. The actors gave it their all, but had no chance of saving it from what i can only assume was a lazily written script. Get desierto dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. The old most dangerous gamethe naked prey manstalking format is uncomfortably imposed on a mexican immigrant narrative in desierto, a sharply. Parents need to know that desierto is a thriller about a white american who ruthlessly hunts mexican migrants near the countries border. This turns desierto into an ugly, amoral, politically dishonest movie. Desierto is a movie of two tales, one succeeding in becoming an enjoyable, wellfilmed thriller. Jonas cuarons desierto dazzles mexicos morelia fest variety. The willoughbys, netflixs charming original animated movie for the whole family. Oct 28, 2016 plus, desierto displays many qualities of a horror movie. The film stars gael garcia bernal also executive producer and jeffrey dean morgan. Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film. The opening scene of desierto is filmed in a quasi documentary style with a dozen illegal immigrants seeking to cross into the united states across the mexican border. Desierto feels strictly by the book and it is a book we already know from cover to cover.
What many do not know, that one of the main indiana jones movies, the last crusade, was filmed in almeria. Desierto official trailer mexican drama film directed. List of best movies filmed in spain my daily spanish. In desierto, people speak in english and spanish but not enough maybe for it to be considered as a foreignlanguage film in either mexico or the u. What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifletoting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous u. With gael garcia bernal, jeffrey dean morgan, alondra hidalgo, diego catano. In fact, the industry started acquiring a certain importance and built various cinematic studios in the area. Argentinian writerdirector ulises rosells roadmovie premiered at the basque country festival. Dec 23, 2015 desierto premiered in the special presentations section of the toronto international film festival and won the international federation of film critics fipresci prize. Feb 09, 2016 queen of the desert full movie sound track. What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifletoting vigil. The film was included on numerous best horror films of. The desert fox by brigadier desmond young, who served in the british indian army in north africa. With nicole kidman, james franco, robert pattinson, damian lewis.
But after the first scene, the drama lapses into a routine action film. In 2014 ridley scott filmed his epic, exodus, where 2,000 darkhaired amateur actors were sought for scenes, such as the migration of jews under the leadership of moses. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Watching the movie, jonas said, i realized it also really adheres tothe structure of an actual slasher movie except for the fact that it happens in plain daylight. Casey affleck and matt damon play two friends, both called gerry, who set out on a hike without food or water and quickly lose all sense of direction or even purpose. Simon del desierto is a 1965 film directed by luis bunuel.
Gael garcia bernal on his new film desierto and the. The searchers was the first major film to have a purposefilmed makingof, requested by john ford. Sons of the desert 1933 is a classic stan laurel and oliver hardy comedy the fourth of their fulllength feature films, and possibly their funniest the other contender is way out west 1937. The film is about their encounter with a very racist individual who has illegally taken the matters of border. Violence is frequent and intense, with shooting and killing, blood spurts and bloody pools, dead bodies, animals killed in horrific ways, a vehicle crash, and other tense moments.
Everything you need to know about desierto movie 2016. Desierto 2016, drama thriller released in english language in theatre near you in. In the end, desierto is a phenomenally filmed movie about a terrible situation far from civilization. The desert fox is a 1951 blackandwhite biographical war film from 20th century fox about field marshal erwin rommel in the later stages of world war ii. The horizon line is almost perfectly centered, so the frame is about half salted, dry mud and half sky. It depicts a group of people who are trying to cross the border, from mexico to the united states. Besides the good performances, excelent photography of the californian deserts and thrilling direction and editing, what i enjoyed more of this movie is how. In the new film, desierto, gael garcia bernal plays a mexican man crossing the u. It deals with most aspects of making the movie, including preparation of the site, construction of props, and filming techniques. Moises and other immigrants are attempting a harsh and stressful trip through the desert because they are trying to travel across the mexicanamerican border. While the film was primarily set in the staked plains llano estacado of northwestern texas, it was actually filmed in monument valley, arizonautah. Filmed variously in argentina, death valley and the salt flats of utah, gus van sants defiantly meandering gerry is the ultimate lostinthedesert film. It is due to this simplicity that it is kind of hard to give desierto a higher rate than a 6, because what it offers its very. Desierto showtimes at an amc movie theater near you.
What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for. Desierto plays like a snuff film rather than a message movie, the camera never skipping the chance to show a killing in grisly detail. Oct 27, 2016 so following the family steps, jonas cuaron delivers a very well filmed story about a subject that many people would find extremelly unconfortable to be an entertainment feature film. I didnt know how to approach it, he told me during an interview. Love blossoms from the dustiest ground in ulises rosells to the desert al desierto, a likably. This is a mexican horror movie with innocent people who are chased by a monster who kills them for no good reason. It tells the story of a southern belle, blanche dubois, who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her aristocratic background seeking refuge with her sister and brotherinlaw in a dilapidated new orleans apartment building. In long shot, a pickup truck comes to a stop in a pale salt flat near the badlands. The desert rats is a 1953 american blackandwhite war film from 20th century fox, produced by robert l. With its combination of an unapologetically pulpy basic concept and overt sociopolitical commentary, desierto seems like the kind of movie that the late, great sam fuller himself might have cranked out if he were still making movies.
The films storyline concerns the siege of tobruk in north africa during world war ii. Desierto is a horror movie for the age of trump jonas cuarons film sees a racist vigilante stalking and murdering mexican migrants as they cross the border. The film was shot in the vistavision widescreen process. Their slapstick brand of comedy straddled the silent and talkie eras. Desierto from visionary filmmakers jonas cuaron, and alfonso cuaron, who brought audiences the highlyacclaimed gravity, comes a visceral, heartpounding actionthriller packed with tension and suspense from start to finish, starring gael garcia bernal the motorcycle diaries and y tu mama tambien and jeffrey dean morgan watchmen. Films as legendary as lawrence of arabia or cleopatra were partially filmed in ait benhaddou. It was produced by cuaron together with his father alfonso and his uncle carlos, and distributed by stxfilms. The movie completely ignores any of the complex issues involved in immigration and its attendant issues. Beautifullyfilmed, some of the best shots of the year the ending shot gets seared in your mind. It was shown in the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival, where it.
A streetcar named desire is a 1951 american drama film, adapted from tennessee williamss pulitzer prizewinning 1947 play of the same name. Desierto 2016 trailer 2 when their truck suddenly breaks down, a migrant named moises leads others on a trek through the harsh terrain along the u. A documentary that arises from the same filming of an independent film, filmed for 4 weeks in durango in the midst of wonderful landscapes. An american civil war veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the comanches. Its apocalypse now meets lord of the flies, with some beasts of no nation thrown in. As the movie goes on, even older technology starts to appear, some of it so visibly filthy or damaged or so divorced from necessary accessory tech, such as as batteries or cords that theres no way it could work. We spoke with jonas cuaron about making the movie, growing up in a filmmaker family, and looking ahead to his next project a new zorro movie also starring bernal as the title character. J onas cuarons desierto is a narratively strippeddown thriller about a group of mexican refugees, reluctantly led by moises gael garcia bernal, being hunted at the u. Oct 17, 2016 gael garcia bernal, the star of the new immigration thriller desierto, discusses his new film and his distaste for donald trump. Mar 03, 2016 1993 movie filmed in the quesnel area duration.
A chronicle of gertrude bells life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attache for the british empire at the dawn of the twentieth century. Southbound is a 2015 american anthology horror film directed by radio silence, roxanne benjamin, david bruckner, and patrick horvath. It is loosely based on the story of the ascetic 5thcentury syrian saint simeon stylites, who lived for 39 years on top of a column. Each frame is as if it were from a painters canvas. Atlas corporation studios, the first cinematic studio built in maghreb, and cla studios. Its a pretty good movie, but i just feel that the thinlywritten characters held the movie back from reaching a higher level. Monos 1010 handsdown my favorite movie of the year and honestly high on my alltime list.
When the online tabloid gawker posted a surreptitiously filmed sex tape of professional wrestler hulk hogan, it ignited a high. Mexican border by sam jeffrey dean morgan, a whiskeyswigging, riflewilding american accompanied by his ferocious pooch, tracker. While essentially a streamlined action thriller, desierto represents a pornographic dream to a subsect of american xenophobes that, at. Jacks, directed by robert wise, that stars richard burton, james mason, and robert newton. Desierto is a 2015 mexicanfrench thriller film cowritten and directed by jonas cuaron.
It builds a unique, livedin world thats believable and brutal. His new movie desierto is all about bordercrossing. Movie clip fall desierto synopsis a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing fight for survival when a deranged, rifletoting vigilante chases a group of unarmed immigrants through the treacherous u. The best sahara desert movies unitrips travel blog. A cut brings us closer to the truck, on more or less the same axis with the horizon still centered, so that the landscape doesnt appear to move at all.
It was shown in the special presentations section of the. It took him two years, however, to start writing the first draft of the script. With john wayne, jeffrey hunter, vera miles, ward bond. Where was lawrence of arabia filmed discover the lawrence. Not only do we marvel at scenes in fords beloved monument valley, we also find ourselves amazed at the level of detail in set design. The only thing he knew at the time was that he wanted to make a movie about the desert. Feb 06, 2014 they talked about hostile, isolated locations, such as the desert jonas had just written a desert movie, desierto, which he recently started shooting.
Oct 12, 2016 written and directed by jonas cuaron, cowriter of his father alfonsos oscarwinning film gravity, desierto is an immigration tale following moises garcia bernal who, after. You may even see his whiskey glass sliding along the counter as in the old movie. Those who know the saloon scenes from karl may movies will have so many eyeopening experiences in the saloon of fort bravo. A group of people trying to cross the border from mexico into the united states encounter a man who has taken border patrol duties into his own racist hands.
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