Into the Unknown

Yesterday I FINALLY signed the contract that will put Ash Wednesday: Capitulo Unus in front of consumers worldwide...

After several YEARS (since 2006, OUCH! jajajajaj)...
...seems like yesterday, several of us quit our jobs, we worked hard and had tons of fun making ASH, and finally the final step of getting this film seen has finally arrived...

As soon as we're given a release date, you'll be the first to know (blog readers :)...

So NOW WHAT??!??

jajajajaj well that is by far the most frequently asked question and the answer is... as far as our next project, expect something much better than Capitulo Unus. Even though we are extremely proud of the film, one learns through experience... and so our natural evolution will lead us to something really cool.

I have begun to write and there's a lot of things going on, but it looks like it would be something a little different than ASH (for now)...

OK, also I must add that ASH and EL ESCAPE both have myspace pages!

ASH myspace

EL ESCAPE DE LOS SANTOS myspace

Thanks for all your support, we hope you rent or buy ASH WEDNESDAY: CAPITULO UNUS!

Salud.

Torture scene

Well, I wasn't going to post this scene because of its controversial nature, but it's OUR movie!!
AND it is my favorite scene of all, and not because of the violence, but because, there's alot of things going on in the scene that aren't obvious unless you've seen the movie...

Delso , the rogue DEA agent finally gets revenge upon the killer of his partner (whom was tortured and murdered by the killer)... so his vengeance is merciless, HOWEVER he does it to get closer to the source of the evil crime gang, Ash Wednesday.

The music is incredible and the photography is cool too ;-D

A familiar EL ESCAPE face pops up here, and it is none other than Lic. Rolando Tamayo making a short but memorable cameo in Ash... But we are glad to report that he will be involved more in our next film which will hopefully begin shooting next year.

Tamayo (who plays Delso's ex-partner Nestor Pragas) was shot in the last days of winter in early 2007!!! It was frickin' cold and he was wearing nothing but his undies... but he withstood the climate and gave us a chilling scene... yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!

The music was made by piano-extraodinairre Rolando Garza Rodriguez... beautiful music!!!

The story of Hector Mata

Releasing yet ANOTHER scene from ASH WEDNESDAY: CAPITULO UNUS,
this scene reveals a glimpse of how the myth of Ash Wednesday (played by the illustrious Ramiro Briones) begins.
It is essentially a flashback. The person telling the story is rogue DEA agent Delso Carrete.
Again, these scenes are not for the faint of heart, it contains graphic violence, so be warned!

ALSO, Happy Birthday to my lil' sister Diana Mendoza!
yay!

Scene #30

(1) Ramiro Briones as the ruthless Ash Wednesday


(2) Raul De La Cruz as the jail warden

Here's the links to view Scene #30:
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e06oPo6oBFc
High resolution glory: Scene 30 download

Scene #30 is one of the most contreversial moments in ASH WEDNESDAY: CAPITULO UNUS mainly because the main character (Ash Wednesday) murders in cold blood HIS own dog.
Obviously, this is just a part of the whole movie, but the concept is NOT based on shocking people for the mere reason to shock...

The motive of this scene, and of ALL the scenes in the movie is to tell the story in a meaningful way.

So, in this scene we have Ash intimidating this federal jail warden, and he's telling a story, in which his point is to scare this guy, so he can have several of his men/soldiers out of jail in a non-confrontational kind of way...
His goal is to convince the guy and appear majestically evil, and as he's doing this, his dog comes up and takes away a piece of meat he was cooking, AND Ash felt extremely embarrassed by the fact that a Dog, just took away his threatening demeanor... and so he just goes ahead and kills the dog.

This of course has several underlying connotations that are not really observed, and are beneath the layers of what you are seeing.

1. This is the scene where we really see and know Ash for the first time, so it has to be a scene where it sets the tone of the character.
   
2. Another important observation is that Ash kills what people know as "man's best friend". He just does it out of instinct without caring. The important connection here is his background, it tells the viewer that he was brought up in a situation where you don't think twice about your actions, it's kill or be killed.
3. This doesn't really pertain to the scene (or to the movie! jaja) but we wanted to tie-in an EL ESCAPE character somehow... so we thought that the jail warden was perfect for this movie, HOWEVER the same actor who was the jail warden in our first movie was unavailable to shoot, so we went with Raul De La Cruz, as an indirect tribute to our first film. :-D
   

This scene is hard to watch, but we wanted to put it out there because we want people to know what to expect when seeing Ash Wednesday.
People who have experienced the movie either LOVE it or totally HATE it... I haven't seen anyone indifferent.

ALSO we thought it was very important to add a behind the scenes sgment to demonstrate that absolutely NO DOGS, ANIMALS AND HUMANS were harmed in the production.

We are animal lovers, and this particular dog (Zelda) is owned by Roger De Los Santos and he is one of the producers of the film. Zelda and Roger currently live in Laredo, TX.

Many thanks to our cool vet Lalo Chapa who assisted with the anesthesia...