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Offline manila_rocks

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Mexico - possible spoilers
« on: Jan 22, 2006, 01:19 PM »
I am most curious as to which part of Mexico Jack visited to secure male companionship.   I wonder if he just got in the truck and drove across the border or if he flew down after his marriage into the middle class.

Has anyone read the screenplay or short story and perhaps knows the answer?

Or did anyone note a clue from the Mexican street scene?     
« Last Edit: Jan 22, 2006, 01:50 PM by frog123 »

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Re: where in mexico did jack visit?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 22, 2006, 01:36 PM »
The signs in the scene immediately before indicate he was driving to Ciudad Juárez, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, TX.

Interestingly, the location credits indicate that the scene in Mexico was actually filmed in the town of La Mesilla in New Mexico, about 40 miles up I-10 from El Paso. This town has a square which is very reminiscent of towns in the country of Mexico.

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Offline jrfh50

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Jack's Mexican Partner
« Reply #2 on: Jan 22, 2006, 01:43 PM »
On two of the production photos listed in that section on this forum, it looks like the man next to Ang Lee in the first photo is the same man that Jack selects in the darkened alley when he heads to Mexico after Ennis puts him off.

Did anyone else notice this? Does anyone know if this man was a production assistant who also played the part?

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Re: Jack's Mexican Partner
« Reply #3 on: Jan 22, 2006, 01:48 PM »
i think that was Rodrigo Prieto.. the cinematographer!! he's brilliant!!
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Re: Mexico - possible spoilers
« Reply #4 on: Jan 22, 2006, 01:55 PM »
that is so cool if it is him!  I was thinking at least Jack picked the best looking one!  We should look in the credits.
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Re: Mexico - possible spoilers
« Reply #5 on: Jan 22, 2006, 02:00 PM »
that is so cool if it is him!  I was thinking at least Jack picked the best looking one!  We should look in the credits.


It is!!!

Cameo: [Rodrigo Prieto] the Mexican prostitute whom Jack picks up

RODRIGO PRIETO ASC, AMC (Director of Photography)
Amores perros brought cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto to the attention of the world film community. His work on the feature, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, brought him several honours, including the Silver Ariel Award (Mexico's equivalent of the Academy Award) and the Golden Frog Award at the Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.

His subsequent films as cinematographer have included Michael Cristofer's Original Sin, Julie Taymor's Frida (for which he was nominated by his peers, for the American Society of Cinematographers Award), Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile, Spike Lee's 25th Hour, and Mr Iñárritu's award-winning Focus Features release 21 Grams.

Mr Prieto travelled to Cuba with director Oliver Stone to shoot Comandante, the documentary on Fidel Castro. The two then went to the Middle East to film a documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Persona Non Grata. Their next project together was the epic Alexander, for which Mr Prieto was honoured with the Silver Frog Award at the Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.

He studied at Mexico City's Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica. Prior to Amores perros, he shot 12 Mexican feature films in a decade, winning two previous Silver Ariel Awards for his work on Carlos Carrera's Un Embrujo and Daniel Gruener's Sobrenatural.
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Re: Mexico - possible spoilers
« Reply #6 on: Jan 22, 2006, 02:30 PM »
That's really cool that it was the cinematographer!

But, IMO, the one thing that could have made BBM even better is if they had gotten Diego Luna to do a cameo as the Mexican male prostitute.
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