#465 – Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking
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The following is a conversation with Robert Rodriguez, a legendary filmmaker and creator of Cinciti, El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Machete from Dust till Dawn, Alita, Battelangel, The Faculty, and many more. Robert inspired a generation of independent filmmakers with his first film, El Mariachi. that he famously made for just seven thousand dollars. On that film, in many since, he was not only the director, he was also the writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, visual effects supervisor, sound designer, composer, basically the full stack of filmmaking. He has shown incredible versatility across genres including action, horror, family films, and sci-fi, with some epic collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron, and many other legendary actors and filmmakers.
He has often operated at the technological cutting edge, pioneering using HD filmmaking, digital backlots and 3D tech, and always, through all of that. He's been a champion of independent filmmaking, running his own studio here in Austin, Texas, which in many ways is very far away from Hollywood. He's building a new thing now called Brass Knuckle Films, where he's opening up the filmmaking process so that fans can be a part of it as he creates his next four action films. I'll probably go hang out at his film studio a bunch as this is all coming to life.
His work has inspired a very large number of people, including me, to be more creative in whatever pursuit you take on in life and have fun doing it. And now a quick few second mention of e sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast.
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