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A Room with a View of Sunset
El Mariachi
Any suggestions, Ms. "Why don't we get a room on the 5th floor so we can see the beautiful sunset"?
[caught on the top floor of the hotel by Marquez's men]
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Consequences of Withholding Information from Authorities
Agent Sands
You know that with-holding vital information from a federal officer is a serious offense. Especially, when that officer has paid handsomely for it and I wouldn’t think twice about ripping that patch off your eye hole and skull fucking you to death.
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A Conversation About Trust and Betrayal
Sands
Nice tune.
El Mariachi
Something my brother taught me. I killed him.
Sands
Yes I was privy to that information already. How charming. You know, "El"--if I may call you that--I've been doing little snooping around and it seems that the Cartels have a price on your head. I wouldn't want be you. Tell me, is there anyone who doesn't want you dead?
El Mariachi
You tell me.
Sands
I need you to kill a man. El, you really must try this. It's a puerco pibil. It's a slow roasted pork--nothing fancy, just happens to be my favorite--and I order it, with a tequila and lime, in every dive I go to in this country and honestly, that is the best it's ever been, anywhere. In fact, it's too good. It is so good that when I finish with it, I'll pay my check, walk straight into the kitchen, and shoot the cook, because that's what I do, I restore the balance to this country. And that is what I would like from you right now. Help me keep the balance by pulling the trigger.
[Sands' food arrives, and he tastes it.]
El Mariachi
You want me to shoot the cook?
Sands
No, I'll shoot the cook, my car's parked out back anyway. You will kill Marquez. Do you remember General Marquez? He's been paid by the Barillo Cartel to kill the President in an attempted coup d'etat.
El Mariachi
Attempted?
Sands
No, no, no, the President will be killed, because he's that piece of good pork that needs to get balanced out. I said attempted because we don't want Marquez taking power. I need you, to put the hurting, so to speak, on Marquez after he's killed the President. Savvy?
El Mariachi
So why me?
Sands
Well, frankly because you have nothing to live for, and in a way you're already dead and Marquez is the man who killed you. So why not return the favor? Go to the church, meet with an associate of mine named Salome at three o'clock and I will call you with further instructions. Was I right? Guess not.
[El Mariachi grabs the picture, tastes the puerco pibil; El Marichi spits the food to the floor]
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Naming the Dish in Mexico
Sands
Did you order my pibil?
[Entering a restaurant]
Cucuy
Ahi'sta.
[In Spanish]
Sands
Does it have a name?
[Referring to El Mariachi]
Cucuy
They call him "El". As in "The".
Sands
I know what it means, thank you. Alert the Barillo cartel that "El" has come out of hiding.
Cucuy
I don't think we should.
Sands
Are you an a Mexican or a MexiCAN'T?
[Interrupting]
Cucuy
I'm a Mexican.
Sands
Good, then do as I say.
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Agent Sands' Urgency in a Critical Situation
Agent Sands
Listen, I have got a swell buncha guys intercepting Marquez's army but they've got no guns! Now listen, I want you to understand me. This is no time to ] because this is supposed to be the big dance number alright? Hello? Hello you there? OK Ok I'm gonna freak right out!
[on the phone; [screw the pooch]
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Breaking Ties with Sands
Cucuy
There's cartel on every corner.
El Mariachi
Sands told me you handle protection.
Cucuy
I don't work for Sands anymore, and since I'm a MexiCAN, I can do whatever I want.
El Mariachi
Then I guess I don't work for Sands either, goodbye.
Cucuy
There's a price on your head, I'm going to collect. Why don't you just tell Barillo everything you know and then maybe he'll just cut off your hands.
[Grabbing El Mariachi's arm]
El Mariachi
And if I don't?
Cucuy
You know that Old Man I killed in your village? What if your whole village was next?
El Mariachi
Would you kill them?
Cucuy
Me? They certainly would.
[Pointing at Barillo cartel members]
El Mariachi
Then I guess I have no choice, but to kill you all.
[Shoots Barillo Cartel men]
El Mariachi
You are last.
[to Cucuy]
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Loss and Grief in Once Upon a Time
Marquez
Carolina?
El Mariachi
She died.
[in Spanish]
Marquez
And your daughter?
[in Spanish]
El Mariachi
She died.
[in Spanish]
Marquez
And you?
[in Spanish]
El Mariachi
Dead.
[in Spanish]
Marquez
And me?
[in Spanish]
El Mariachi
Alive and well.
[in Spanish]
El Mariachi
In hell.
[in Spanish]
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