New DVD Covers: The Mariachi Trilogy

Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy is one of the most underrated film cycles of recent years, but fortunately all three films have received pretty decent releases on DVD. The only deficiency is the lack of any uniformity between the DVD covers, belying any connection between the films at all. To rectify that, I have crafted new covers for each: El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico:

The backs are straight copies of the originals; there was nothing wrong with them. As for the front covers, the El Mariachi front is from the original, minus the obnoxious review quotes and the "special edition" banner. The Desperado front is from the original DVD release, much preferable to the special edition's own front. And the OUATIM front is simply a scan of the insert found inside the DVD case.

The only particularly original parts of the design are the spines, which is where the uniformity was most important to me. I took the belt/pistol image from the original OUATIM cover, then added a new "trilogy" logo and the original logos for each. For a preview of what the spines look like all lined up, click here.