¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! ("Let's Go with Pancho Villa!") is a Mexican motion picture filmed in 1936. An antiepic based on a novel, it focuses on the cruelty of the Mexican Revolution and Pancho Villa himself, contrary to most of the Mexican movies about this national hero. The movie is thought to have been the first Mexican superproduction and led to the bankruptcy of the film company that made it. The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment industry. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The Mexican Revolution was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies beginning with popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz in 1910 and culminating in the promulgation of a new constitution seven years later. ... General Pancho Villa José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 20, 1923) — better known by his nom de guerre Francisco Villa or, in its diminutive form, Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost generals of the Mexican Revolution. ... This article is about the type of character. ... Bankruptcy - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Villa was portrayed by Domingo Soler. Directed by Fernando de Fuentes, the film tells the story of a group of friends who hear about the revolution and Villa and decide to join him, only to suffer the cruel reality of war under the command of a Villa who simply does not care about his men. Wars are often illustrated by arrows representing the movement of armies. ...

The movie has two endings: the original ending shows the last surviving friend returning to his home, disenchanted with both Villa and the Revolution. The second ending, discovered many years later, returns to the same scene ten years later, when an old and weakened Villa tries to recruit the last survivor again; following his refusal, Villa kills the whole family except for the youngest son, whom he takes with him. It is unknown whether the second ending was censored by the government or the director simply thought it was unnecessary.

A great failure when released, interest in the movie resurged many decades later, and today is considered one of the best movies of Mexican cinema both for its approach to the theme and its technical merits. It stands apart among the many movies made about Villa in that it portrays the man and the Revolution in its cruelty; most other films, like those by Ismael Rodríguez in the 1960s, take an almost idyllic view of both, following the official (government) mythos. The history of Mexican cinema goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, when several enthusiasts of the new medium documented historical events – most particularly the Mexican Revolution – and produced some movies that have been only recently been rediscovered. ... Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 _ August 7, 2004) was one of the most popular and important directors in Mexican cinema. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Mythos can mean: A collection of myths A brand of Greek beer; see Mythos (beer) An Origins Award-winning card game released in 1996 by Chaosium; see Mythos (card game). ...

The movie music was composed by Silvestre Revueltas, who makes a cameo appearance in it. Silvestre Revueltas (December 21, 1899 - October 5, 1940) was a Mexican composer of classical music, violinist and conductor. ... Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ...

External link

• Movie review in Spanish (http://www.revistacinefagia.com/mexicodemis012.htm)