Vamanos con Pancho Villa (1936), Directed by Fernando de Fuentes
DVD release
The re-released Vamanos with Pancho Villa, is an unusual sort of classic. Mexicans hold it in great esteem; their fellow Americans north of the border find it somewhat less worthy. In this case the idea that “the language of film is universal”, doesn’t hold water. Vamanos is a statement by a Mexican to Mexicans, about a civil war, fought on their soil, made when the wounds were still fresh. ...