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Mecánica Nacional

 

Sunday, September 20th
Admission:
$7
Showtime:
11pm
reservations are recommended

SEPTEMBER, MEXICAN NATIONAL MONTH | TROPICAZA & MONKEY TOWN PRESENTS:

Mecánica Nacional
Dir: Luis Alcoriza, 1971. 104 min. México
Héctor Suárez. Lucha Villa, Manolo Fábregas, Sara García
No Subtitles, but a phenomenal audio-visual experience!

One of the greatest mexican films ever, Mecánica Nacional was directed by Luis Alcoriza, author of the script of Los Olvidados (The Forgotten Ones), the Luis Buñuel masterpiece.

Mecánica Nacional shows in stunning technicolor, mexplotation aesthetics and superb psych out soundtrack a living mural of contemporary mexican society around the axis of food, alcohol, family, music and sex. A must to understand now how mexicans are the way we are.

Plus, a deep listening mexican music hidden treasures set by dj and vinyl archeologist Tropicaza.