Robert Rodriguez

To this day, you try to be close to the action, connected with the actor that's performing. Because it's like a dance. You end up... That's so good to hear. Remember on Dust Till Dawn, Michael Parks in the opening scene, he's talking about

To this day, you try to be close to the action, connected with the actor that's performing. Because it's like a dance. You end up... That's so good to hear. Remember on Dust Till Dawn, Michael Parks in the opening scene, he's talking about

two guys that are running around killing people just before he gets shot and there's a i just start doing this slow zoom i remember this take eight start doing the slow zoom on him and i'm like i hope i get all the way up to where it stops zooming when he finishes that speech because there's no set way and i don't know how he's going to say but you're just locked almost telepathically and as he's delivered there's no edits he's just going yeah they killed four rangers two hostages

two guys that are running around killing people just before he gets shot and there's a i just start doing this slow zoom i remember this take eight start doing the slow zoom on him and i'm like i hope i get all the way up to where it stops zooming when he finishes that speech because there's no set way and i don't know how he's going to say but you're just locked almost telepathically and as he's delivered there's no edits he's just going yeah they killed four rangers two hostages

two guys that are running around killing people just before he gets shot and there's a i just start doing this slow zoom i remember this take eight start doing the slow zoom on him and i'm like i hope i get all the way up to where it stops zooming when he finishes that speech because there's no set way and i don't know how he's going to say but you're just locked almost telepathically and as he's delivered there's no edits he's just going yeah they killed four rangers two hostages

It's just like, wow. And you're just so pulled in. I'm just like, oh my God. And then it stopped. It's like I ran out of Zoom right as he finished that speech.

It's just like, wow. And you're just so pulled in. I'm just like, oh my God. And then it stopped. It's like I ran out of Zoom right as he finished that speech.

It's just like, wow. And you're just so pulled in. I'm just like, oh my God. And then it stopped. It's like I ran out of Zoom right as he finished that speech.

You know, they just trust that whatever they get from their crew, they just accept it. Just like, you know, you would get to take the thing. There's so much intimacy to that connection. I could not be behind a monitor, even if I had communication with my cameraman. Okay, now start zooming in. You're not going to know. You have to feel it. You have to be in there. It's like a dance.

You know, they just trust that whatever they get from their crew, they just accept it. Just like, you know, you would get to take the thing. There's so much intimacy to that connection. I could not be behind a monitor, even if I had communication with my cameraman. Okay, now start zooming in. You're not going to know. You have to feel it. You have to be in there. It's like a dance.

You know, they just trust that whatever they get from their crew, they just accept it. Just like, you know, you would get to take the thing. There's so much intimacy to that connection. I could not be behind a monitor, even if I had communication with my cameraman. Okay, now start zooming in. You're not going to know. You have to feel it. You have to be in there. It's like a dance.

It's like trying to do a dance with a partner and you're across the room. It's like, no, you got to be there up close, feeling the energy. And it's the creative spirits whispering to you both. It's not your own idea. You're capturing a moment that's magic. And there's true magic that happens on a set. And that's what brings you back. Because you know... I didn't direct that.

It's like trying to do a dance with a partner and you're across the room. It's like, no, you got to be there up close, feeling the energy. And it's the creative spirits whispering to you both. It's not your own idea. You're capturing a moment that's magic. And there's true magic that happens on a set. And that's what brings you back. Because you know... I didn't direct that.

It's like trying to do a dance with a partner and you're across the room. It's like, no, you got to be there up close, feeling the energy. And it's the creative spirits whispering to you both. It's not your own idea. You're capturing a moment that's magic. And there's true magic that happens on a set. And that's what brings you back. Because you know... I didn't direct that.

And they didn't act that. That came through us and we just had the cameras rolling and we captured a ghost.

And they didn't act that. That came through us and we just had the cameras rolling and we captured a ghost.

And they didn't act that. That came through us and we just had the cameras rolling and we captured a ghost.

It's like that.

It's like that.

It's like that.