Robert Rodriguez

And it created this really fast cutting style that I probably wouldn't have had on such a low budget movie, but it was the only way to keep things in sync. So when I would shoot two people talking, I would make sure I'd film a couple of shots of like the dog or a stuffed cat or something, just so I'd have something to cut away to, to get them back in sync. It's just resourceful.

It's just being very resourceful.

It's just being very resourceful.

It's just being very resourceful.

I didn't allow it, but oh yeah, I would let it if I just didn't have a way to cut away. Right. And I would try to sync it as best I could.

I didn't allow it, but oh yeah, I would let it if I just didn't have a way to cut away. Right. And I would try to sync it as best I could.

I didn't allow it, but oh yeah, I would let it if I just didn't have a way to cut away. Right. And I would try to sync it as best I could.

Yeah. It seems like you can get away with a lot. You can get away with, I just don't, I'm just particular about that. I just don't like seeing a dub movie where it just feels canned. It makes you not believe in it anymore. Right. So I just cut away where the lips are just way off. I just didn't want any of that. I just felt like I wanted it to just be believable.

Yeah. It seems like you can get away with a lot. You can get away with, I just don't, I'm just particular about that. I just don't like seeing a dub movie where it just feels canned. It makes you not believe in it anymore. Right. So I just cut away where the lips are just way off. I just didn't want any of that. I just felt like I wanted it to just be believable.

Yeah. It seems like you can get away with a lot. You can get away with, I just don't, I'm just particular about that. I just don't like seeing a dub movie where it just feels canned. It makes you not believe in it anymore. Right. So I just cut away where the lips are just way off. I just didn't want any of that. I just felt like I wanted it to just be believable.

And they could be really believable if they were in sync. But I didn't shoot two takes of film or even two takes of audio. Just one take. And what's cool is that because I just had him go through the whole scene again. So I would go ahead and record them like grabbing the bottle or any action they did, opening the suitcase. I'd have all the sound effects too. I just had to sync it by hand.

And they could be really believable if they were in sync. But I didn't shoot two takes of film or even two takes of audio. Just one take. And what's cool is that because I just had him go through the whole scene again. So I would go ahead and record them like grabbing the bottle or any action they did, opening the suitcase. I'd have all the sound effects too. I just had to sync it by hand.

And they could be really believable if they were in sync. But I didn't shoot two takes of film or even two takes of audio. Just one take. And what's cool is that because I just had him go through the whole scene again. So I would go ahead and record them like grabbing the bottle or any action they did, opening the suitcase. I'd have all the sound effects too. I just had to sync it by hand.

That's a lot of work for me, but I got great sound that way. Because if I had had a sync camera, the mic would have been so far, we would have had to go get new sound effects. But because the camera's off, I could record everything close up. So there was some blessing to that.

That's a lot of work for me, but I got great sound that way. Because if I had had a sync camera, the mic would have been so far, we would have had to go get new sound effects. But because the camera's off, I could record everything close up. So there was some blessing to that.

That's a lot of work for me, but I got great sound that way. Because if I had had a sync camera, the mic would have been so far, we would have had to go get new sound effects. But because the camera's off, I could record everything close up. So there was some blessing to that.

What really helped for those non-actors was that they just look across and it's me filming. They didn't feel like they're being so natural. The guy who played the bad guy, I met him in the research hospital where I sold my body to science. He was my bunkmate. And I said, dude, you look kind of like Rudger Hauer. And then it's like, we saw another movie. Man, you look like James Spader.

What really helped for those non-actors was that they just look across and it's me filming. They didn't feel like they're being so natural. The guy who played the bad guy, I met him in the research hospital where I sold my body to science. He was my bunkmate. And I said, dude, you look kind of like Rudger Hauer. And then it's like, we saw another movie. Man, you look like James Spader.

What really helped for those non-actors was that they just look across and it's me filming. They didn't feel like they're being so natural. The guy who played the bad guy, I met him in the research hospital where I sold my body to science. He was my bunkmate. And I said, dude, you look kind of like Rudger Hauer. And then it's like, we saw another movie. Man, you look like James Spader.

Shit, you should be the bad guy in my movie. And it'd be cool to have you as the bad guy. He goes, but I don't speak Spanish. Well, that's okay. All right. And I'll teach you phonetically. And you're going to wear sunglasses. And if you look close, he's holding the,