#940: YOUNG, Robert M.: The Ballad Of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
YOUNG, Robert M (United States)
The Ballad Of Gregorio Cortez [1982]
Spine #940
DVD/Blu-ray
The Booklet
Ten-page wraparound featuring an essay by film scholar Charles Ramírez Berg.
Commentary
Done.
Interview 1
With actor and producer Olmos.
Interview 2
With Chon A. Noriega, author of Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema.
Cast-and-crew panel
From 2016 including Olmos; director Young; producer Moctesuma Esparza; DP Reynaldo Villalobos; and actors McGill, Bower, DeSoto, and Serna.
The Ballad Of Gregorio Cortez [1982]
Spine #940
DVD/Blu-ray
Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Producer-star Edward James Olmos, seeking to shed new light on a historical incident that had been enshrined in a corrido folk song, teamed up with director Robert M. Young, a longtime practitioner of socially engaged realism, for this trailblazing independent film, a landmark of Chicano cinema. Shifting its perspective between the pursuers and the pursued, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez is a thrilling chase film and a nuanced procedural that peels away the layers of prejudice and myth surrounding Cortez, uncovering the true story of an ordinary man persecuted by the law and transfigured by legend.
106 minutes
Color
Monaural
in English and Spanish
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Monaural
in English and Spanish
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2018
Director/Writers
Based on the book With His Pistol In His Hand by Américo Paredes.
Adapted by Robert M. Young.
Screenplay by Victor Villaseñor.
Young was 58 when he directed The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.
Other Young films in the Collection:
#609: ¡Alambrista! (1977)
The Film
Other Young films in the Collection:
#609: ¡Alambrista! (1977)
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Ten-page wraparound featuring an essay by film scholar Charles Ramírez Berg.
Commentary
Done.
Interview 1
With actor and producer Olmos.
Interview 2
With Chon A. Noriega, author of Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema.
Cast-and-crew panel
From 2016 including Olmos; director Young; producer Moctesuma Esparza; DP Reynaldo Villalobos; and actors McGill, Bower, DeSoto, and Serna.
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