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May 27, 2007
La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
I was watching La muerte cruzó el río Bravo on de Película, one of our better movie channels here. It was the undisputed best before they started cutting the films and showing commercials.
It shows a lot of Mexican films that are more recent. A lot of these are, well, disappointing. Yet a gem comes along once in a while that knocks your cultural socks off. I looked up from reading the news online to see if La muerte cruzó el río Bravo had gotten any more interesting.
Unfortunately, I was so stunned it took me a while to boot up our camera, discover there was no charge at all in the batteries, change the batteries, then snap a few shots of this scene. I shall call it, 'the playing pool on horseback scene' from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo:
Playing Pool on Horseback from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
It's hard to tell, but that's a pool cue in his hand, and another one in the hand of his opponent.
Playing Pool on Horseback from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
It is even harder to tell that they are both riding horses, but they are.
Playing Pool on Horseback from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
Here the pool table is a little easier to see. As you can see, playing pool on horseback is very popular with the locals in this part of Mexico. I'm hardly one to criticize. I was fascinated by the whole thing.
Playing Pool on Horseback from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
With the game over, a tie is declared between the two sportsmen.
Playing Pool on Horseback from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
The scene ends with this:
Playing Pool on Horseback from La muerte cruzó el río Bravo
Posted by crispy at May 27, 2007 02:13 AM
Comments
Good gravy.
Posted by: Mark Allen at May 28, 2007 11:08 AM
If they get tired of playing pool, they can always Joust.
Posted by: Jon at May 28, 2007 04:30 PM
I don't see any pool playing, just sitting on horses with cues around a table while talking.
[crispy says: Yeah, sorry. I didn''t make that clear. Because it took me so long to get the camera working, I missed the actual pool playing, and got only these shots of them after the game had been called. Sorry.]
Posted by: Mark Allen at May 29, 2007 05:30 AM
i once played Horseback Pool, but the polo horses all drowned.
Posted by: brett at May 29, 2007 01:25 PM