The vibe here is Mexi - SoCal, with vintage surf videos playing on a projector screen, Día de los
Muertos skeletons decorating the brightly colored dining room, and killer rum and tequila lists — all novel sights in Bourbon Country.
Not exact matches
The Mexican bread of the dead (Pan de
Muertos) is prepared with butter and a subtle orange flavor, and on top of it it has been adorned with figures simulating the
skeleton's bones.
There's also the Dia de los
Muertos aesthetic of colourful ornamented
skeletons as the main characters with whom we are meant to sympathise.
These are
skeletons who strum guitars, paint paintings and ride streetcars, as if they're animated versions of the colourful figurines associated with Dia de los
Muertos — but cheerier.
But like earlier movies, including «Corpse Bride» and the similarly Día de los
Muertos - themed «The Book of Life,» «Coco» offers a reminder that
skeletons, for all their googly eyes and gorgeous bone structure, are not the most emotionally expressive creatures.
Blu - ray adds «The Music of Coco»; «Paths to Pixar: Coco»; «Welcome to the Fiesta»; «How to Draw a
Skeleton»; «A Thousand Pictures a Day» travelogue through Mexico, visiting families, artisans, cemeteries, and small villages during the Día de los
Muertos holiday; «Mi Familia»; «Land of Our Ancestors» in which Pixar artists lovingly construct layer upon layer of architecture from many eras of Mexican history, bringing the Land of the Dead to life; «Fashion Through the Ages»; «The Real Guitar»; «How to Make Papel Picado»; «Un Poco Coco» montage of original animated pieces used to promote «Coco»; «Coco» trailers.
Departed ancestors — whimsically rendered
skeletons — are vividly present on the Día de
Muertos holiday, when the picture takes place.
This exceptional picture - book biography profiles Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada (1852 — 1913), who is remembered primarily for his portrayal of calaveras, the droll
skeletons prominent in Día de
Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations.
This exceptional picture - book biography profiles Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada (1852 — 1913) while celebrating his printmaking and his portrayal ofcalaveras, the droll
skeletons prominent in Día de los
Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations.
The big Gold Paw Award winners of the night were a threesome from Texas who arrived in full Dia de Los
Muertos regalia, dressed and made up as life - size sugar
skeletons along with their two chihuahuas and a Yorkie.
For instance, the stages inside the «Fiesta de los
Muertos» area of the game contain skulls with brains exposed, colorful, top - hat - wearing
skeletons (some of which play instruments), a variety of food - based obstacles to traverse, and a giant, masked wrestler.
Like the dancing
skeletons of the Mexican Dias de los
Muertos, these paintings recognize death but rush to embrace life.
Moquay's «warriors» draw on Aztec pictographs, Mexico's Dia de los
Muertos»
skeleton Catrinas, and even the head of Pez candy dispenser.