Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Mexican Narco Cinema

  Mexican Narco Cinema might be the most well-kept movie secret in the US. Think soap operas with way more drugs, way more murder, and way more 4-wheel drive vehicles. It's basically all the guilty movie pleasures you can think of rolled into one.

This 3 Part mini documentary explores the making of these popular films and takes you on a wild ride of actors, cops, prostitutes, and gangsters.

Although these films are shot in Mexico, most profits from these movies come from the U.S.

Source: The VICE Guide to Film

 



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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
5Una de las mejores series Colombianas
By Y. Jossa
El Cartel es una de las mejores producciones Televisivas Colombianas en los ultimos años.
Mucho mas que una telenovela, la historia de "El Cartel" es basada en los eventos reales narrados el libro "El Cartel de los sapos," escrito por Andres Lopez Lopez cuando estaba sirviendo su sentencia por narcotrafico en los Estados Unidos.

Lo fascinante de esta serie, es que no es un invento de ficcion, La mayoria de los eventos que ocurren en la serie ocurrieron en la vida real y todos los personajes son basados en miembros de el cartel de Cali, Medellin, el Norte de el Valle, La policia y las autodefensas. La revista Colombiana Semana publico una guia que hace un paralelo entre los personajes de el Cartel y la realidad. La guia puede ser facilmente encontrada en el internet haciendo esta busqueda "Guía para entender a los sapos"

Los actores y la produccion de El Cartel no tiene nada que envidiarle a cualquier serie Norteamericana. La serie fue filmada en varias ciudades Colombianas, en Mexico, Panama y en Miami.

La produccion de los DVDs es muy alta. La serie viene en una caja con dos libros con 6 DVDs cada uno. El DVD #13 "Detras de las Escenas" del cartel viene en un DVD suelto. Cada DVD contiene 4 episodios (4 horas). La calidad de la produccion de los DVDs (menus, imagenes, sonido) es muy alta.

Mis unicas quejas son las siguientes:
1-Al parecer los DVD probablemente fueron fisicamente producidos en China y por eso algunos no pueden ser leidos por ciertos DVD players.

2-Caracol cometio un error grandisimo en no incluir subtitulos en Ingles para los que no son hispanoparlantes .

De todas maneras, esta serie es altamente recomendada!

Mayo 2010
Caracol ya esta presentando en la television Colombiana, La nueva serie "El Cartel 2" con algunos de los mismos personajes y actores de "El Cartel"
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
4El Cartel review
By G. Chapin
Great series. You really need to speak Spanish to enjoy this though, and better to see it with a Colombian that can explain all the parallels to the real cartels.

I originally bought some piratas while visiting Bogota. They were crappy so I wanted to get a good set, so I bought them here on Amazon. The reviews all said what a pity they didn't put subtitles in English, so I was prepared for that. What I didn't consider, however, was that they didn't put ANY subtitles at all!

As an average Spanish speaker, I was hoping to read the Spanish and follow it better. This series could really be a useful teaching tool with all the slang and Colombian Spanish particulars. So that was my biggest disappointment. C'mon Caracol and think about business!! These Colombian series ROCK! I definately believe there would be a market for this and many other Colombian shows if there were subtitles!!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
5best t.v series about drug cartels ever
By Carlos Aleman Cardenal
This show is sooooooo gooood that although i had already downloaded it from the internet i wanted to get the DVDs so i can keep in my collection and watch over and over again.....

It is a great tale that has a little bit of everything, action, money, drugs, women, treason, government corruption, etc.... everything that you can think of comes out on this show.

I dont normally write reviews, but this show deserves the publicity.

buy it now.
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