“I’m willing to see where we go with this.”

“I’ve been perfectly satisfied with the presence ofLa Bambaon video and on the net and everything.”

Maybe it can work again."

LA BAMBA, Writer and Director Luis Valdez, 1987.

Luis Valdez in 1987.Columbia Pictures/everett

I don’t feel that it detracts from the original at all in any way."

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“My role,” he explains, “is executive producer.

La Bamba, Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, 1987.

Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales in ‘La Bamba’.Columbia Pictures/everett

I’m helping to get this film made.

I know the process of filmmaking.

I know the process of developing scripts… this has been my career.