Complex sentence: El Ray is a fictional Mexican village that acts as sanctuary for expatriate American fugitives, first used by author Jim Thompson in his 1959 pulp novel, "The Getaway", and again referenced in the 1996 Robert Rodriguez film, "From Dusk till Dawn".
Split into simpler sentences: El Ray is a fictional Mexican village that acts as sanctuary for expatriate American fugitives. It was again referenced in the 1996 Robert Rodriguez film, "From Dusk till Dawn".