Matinée (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1977)

Nov

4

National Easy Bake Oven Day

Friends Aarón (Rodolfo Chávez Martínez) and Jorge (Armando Martín) having a grownup discussion about the situation. DP: Jorge Stahl Jr..

Two boys skip class to catch a movie – Alexander Mackendrick's thematically similar A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) – and end up as members of a violent gang instead. While Matinée has elements of a typical 70s #ComingOfAge movie, the more fascinating element is the role reversal of the two children and the robbers. As the kids are forced to grow up, fast, the criminals live out their childhood fantasy of never having to listen to anyone ever again. And bicker over comics.

 

Robert Rodriguez stated that the fearsome criminals in his El Mariachi (1992) never outgrew their childhood nicknames. I start to suspect that once upon a time, a little boy named Robertiño skipped class and went to the matinee.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalEasyBakeOvenDay #JaimeHumbertoHermosillo #RodolfoChávezMartínez #ArmandoMartín #JoaquínGutiérrezHeras #JorgeStahlJr #ComingOfAge #crime #drama #Mexico #1970s ★★★★☆

Like kids in a candy store. Mexican #FilmDinner with #JaimeHumbertoHermosillo's Matinée (1977). Pre-watch I'm going to curse myself by stating that this is everything Robert Rodriguez ever wished he'd been capable of. #film #cinemastodon #Mexico