How Denis Villeneuve created one of the greatest characters of all time

Denis Villeneuve's Sicario uses Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) to explain it's title and explore it's themes. With this character analysis, I wanted to clarify why his character is so magnetic, and how he carries the weight of the movie, despite being a supporting character.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Alejandro's first version

02:53 Cinematography & Visual identity

04:00 How we learn about Alejandro

04:40 Questioning our morals

05:20 The Dark Descent

06:40 The Moral Gray

08:04 All that is left

09:20 Behind the Scenes and Outro

Music:

Johan Johansson - Desert Music

Scott Buckley - Filaments

Scott Buckley - Permafrost

Scott Buckley - Computations in a Snowstorm

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