Watch the 1896 Film The Pistol Duel, a Startling Re-Creation of the Last Days of Pistol Dueling in Mexico

One some­times hears lament­ed the ten­den­cy of movies to depict Mex­i­co and in par­tic­u­lar, its cap­i­tal Mex­i­co City as a threat­en­ing, rough-and-tum­ble place where human life has no val­ue… [+2907 chars]