Robert Rodriguez

In fact, he'd gotten burned by Hollywood so many times as a screenwriter that he said, fuck it, I'm going to go back and draw a comic that's so raw that can never be made into a movie. So of course I call him, hey, let's make a great movie. So I show him how we can do it. And I go, I know you don't know me and I have to earn your trust for you to give me your baby, but we can make this right away.

And he's like, he's all excited for about two seconds. oh no then we got to write a script and the studio's gonna have notes all that shit he's been through before and it's not like that i have a whole different setup i got my own studio in austin this is how it's gonna be if you like this idea i'm gonna you're not gonna have to take any risk let me take all the risk

And he's like, he's all excited for about two seconds. oh no then we got to write a script and the studio's gonna have notes all that shit he's been through before and it's not like that i have a whole different setup i got my own studio in austin this is how it's gonna be if you like this idea i'm gonna you're not gonna have to take any risk let me take all the risk

And he's like, he's all excited for about two seconds. oh no then we got to write a script and the studio's gonna have notes all that shit he's been through before and it's not like that i have a whole different setup i got my own studio in austin this is how it's gonna be if you like this idea i'm gonna you're not gonna have to take any risk let me take all the risk

I'm going to go write the script myself next month. It's going to be unremarkable because I'm going to write it right out of your book. I'm going to edit three of the stories down. I'm going to just take stuff out, really. It might add a few things to connect it, but I'll write the script in December myself. No money involved. Then we'll call some actor friends of mine.

I'm going to go write the script myself next month. It's going to be unremarkable because I'm going to write it right out of your book. I'm going to edit three of the stories down. I'm going to just take stuff out, really. It might add a few things to connect it, but I'll write the script in December myself. No money involved. Then we'll call some actor friends of mine.

I'm going to go write the script myself next month. It's going to be unremarkable because I'm going to write it right out of your book. I'm going to edit three of the stories down. I'm going to just take stuff out, really. It might add a few things to connect it, but I'll write the script in December myself. No money involved. Then we'll call some actor friends of mine.

We'll have them come to my green screen. We'll shoot the opening scene as a test, but it's also the opening scene. I'll do the effects myself. I'll do the sound, do the music. I'll do fake credits. We'll watch it together. If you like what you see, we'll make the movie. Give me the rights then. If you don't like it, keep it. It's a short film to show your friends. This would be really cool.

We'll have them come to my green screen. We'll shoot the opening scene as a test, but it's also the opening scene. I'll do the effects myself. I'll do the sound, do the music. I'll do fake credits. We'll watch it together. If you like what you see, we'll make the movie. Give me the rights then. If you don't like it, keep it. It's a short film to show your friends. This would be really cool.

We'll have them come to my green screen. We'll shoot the opening scene as a test, but it's also the opening scene. I'll do the effects myself. I'll do the sound, do the music. I'll do fake credits. We'll watch it together. If you like what you see, we'll make the movie. Give me the rights then. If you don't like it, keep it. It's a short film to show your friends. This would be really cool.

So he's like, all right. There's nothing on him to do. It's all on me. I write the script in December. January, Josh Arnett, Marlee Shelton come down, fly Frank in. We're shooting for 10 hours on my green screen. We shoot that opening sequence. Incredible opening sequence. Record his voiceover right then in my little voiceover booth. Marlee Shelton comes up. Why did I hire him to kill me?

So he's like, all right. There's nothing on him to do. It's all on me. I write the script in December. January, Josh Arnett, Marlee Shelton come down, fly Frank in. We're shooting for 10 hours on my green screen. We shoot that opening sequence. Incredible opening sequence. Record his voiceover right then in my little voiceover booth. Marlee Shelton comes up. Why did I hire him to kill me?

So he's like, all right. There's nothing on him to do. It's all on me. I write the script in December. January, Josh Arnett, Marlee Shelton come down, fly Frank in. We're shooting for 10 hours on my green screen. We shoot that opening sequence. Incredible opening sequence. Record his voiceover right then in my little voiceover booth. Marlee Shelton comes up. Why did I hire him to kill me?

I don't know. Let's go ask Frank. He's right here. Let's go ask Frank. I want to know myself. So he tells her and he's like, He's already, as I tell you, Frank, I used to be a cartoonist. It's the same thing. You're already a director. You're just using a pen instead of a camera. The performances you get out of your paper actors are phenomenal.

I don't know. Let's go ask Frank. He's right here. Let's go ask Frank. I want to know myself. So he tells her and he's like, He's already, as I tell you, Frank, I used to be a cartoonist. It's the same thing. You're already a director. You're just using a pen instead of a camera. The performances you get out of your paper actors are phenomenal.

I don't know. Let's go ask Frank. He's right here. Let's go ask Frank. I want to know myself. So he tells her and he's like, He's already, as I tell you, Frank, I used to be a cartoonist. It's the same thing. You're already a director. You're just using a pen instead of a camera. The performances you get out of your paper actors are phenomenal.

The shots you do are like beyond any DP has ever done. And the visual look, we've never seen that. I want to just take this and make it move. I just want the comic to move. Any other studio would just go make it look like any gritty crime movie and they would miss the point. The visual is half of it.

The shots you do are like beyond any DP has ever done. And the visual look, we've never seen that. I want to just take this and make it move. I just want the comic to move. Any other studio would just go make it look like any gritty crime movie and they would miss the point. The visual is half of it.

The shots you do are like beyond any DP has ever done. And the visual look, we've never seen that. I want to just take this and make it move. I just want the comic to move. Any other studio would just go make it look like any gritty crime movie and they would miss the point. The visual is half of it.

I want it to look just like this because it would be the boldest movie anyone's seen because that's how it reads when I read the book. It's like, if this was moving, it would be the most phenomenal movie. In fact, I asked him, do you ever... Feel like directing any of these short ones? I thought about directing The Big Fat Kill maybe as a short film. You should come direct that one.