The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (DVD)

...heard fleeting things about the film and for the life of me I couldn't remember whether it was good or bad so I didn't know wha to expect really. I have to admit that I was more than pleasantly surprised. The 2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is in fact Jones' second directorial offering (the first being a tv movie called The Good Old Boys) who together with the film's writer Giuermo Arriaga who has also given us the likes of 21 Grams ...
...town and Mexico. The story is literally based around the title - Melquiades is a Mexican cowboy who entered the US illegally in search of work and we follow the events that lead up to death and the circumstances around why he has three burials. It is actually quite hard to summarise this film without giving the plot away entirely so I will try and keep it is as general as possible The film starts with the discovery of a dead body and through flashbacks ...

Suzela 12.10.2007 (11.10.2007) · Read full review
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At a time when the world as at it most mistrusting in a cross cultural sense, with one secular or religious group suspiciously eying and pointing fingers at the next, this film, in many ways is well timed and very relevant. But with the focus on the middle east and 9/11 in films and on TV maybe for a more general understanding of cultural intolerance we need to step back a little further, forget the specifics and just view these problems from a higher, ...
...story that takes place over the Texas-Mexican border and the relationships and attitudes formed between the two sides, "The Three Burials of Meiquiades Estrada" acts as a microcosm of human nature and makes for a good analogy of a much bigger problem. Jones said in a recent interview "What I'd like the audience to take away is the realisation that its possible to look across the river and see yourself" Whilst the basic plot is a simple one the way ...

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...friend and fellow ranch hand, the Melquiades Estrada of the title, has been shot dead by a trigger happy border patrol officer, Mike Norton. Now he wants revenge, but Norton's boss would rather brush the whole thing under the carpet. Perkins therefore decides to take things into his own hands and force Perkins to make amends by taking Estrada's body back to his Mexican hometown to bury him. Will Perkins be able to bypass the law in order to get what ...
...that deals with societal disparities, the trust between human beings and revenge. On top of that, it is also beautifully filmed. All in all, although it is not without its flaws, I am more than glad I had the opportunity to watch this film. Tommy Lee Jones both directs the film and plays the key role of Pete Perkins. I really like Tommy Lee Jones, but don't actually know why. Time and time again I have watched a film because he is in it, yet his ...

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