Robert Rodriguez
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No one will know it's me because it's Robert Rodriguez, a bunch of Robert Rodriguez's. I'll make three of those because I was so young. I was winning a lot of film festivals with short films. But I thought if someone sees one of my short films that's winning all these awards, they're not going to hire me to do a short film. They're going to hire me to do a feature. And I've never practiced that.
No one will know it's me because it's Robert Rodriguez, a bunch of Robert Rodriguez's. I'll make three of those because I was so young. I was winning a lot of film festivals with short films. But I thought if someone sees one of my short films that's winning all these awards, they're not going to hire me to do a short film. They're going to hire me to do a feature. And I've never practiced that.
So I need practice. So I'm going to practice three films, take the best scenes from them, have a demo reel with the money I make from them. I don't know how much I can sell it for, so I got to make it really cheap. Let's just do the first one, then we'll know. Then I'll take that money and make my first American independent film, and that'll be more serious.
So I need practice. So I'm going to practice three films, take the best scenes from them, have a demo reel with the money I make from them. I don't know how much I can sell it for, so I got to make it really cheap. Let's just do the first one, then we'll know. Then I'll take that money and make my first American independent film, and that'll be more serious.
So I need practice. So I'm going to practice three films, take the best scenes from them, have a demo reel with the money I make from them. I don't know how much I can sell it for, so I got to make it really cheap. Let's just do the first one, then we'll know. Then I'll take that money and make my first American independent film, and that'll be more serious.
Because I threw it away like that, I just thought, well, let me just make something fun. Action movie, I guess I could do action. I started as a cartoonist, so it was more comedic than anything else. I said, well, an action movie, let's make it fun. Let's make it about a guy with a guitar case full of weapons, kind of like Road Warrior, who goes from town to town with a guitar case full of weapons.
Because I threw it away like that, I just thought, well, let me just make something fun. Action movie, I guess I could do action. I started as a cartoonist, so it was more comedic than anything else. I said, well, an action movie, let's make it fun. Let's make it about a guy with a guitar case full of weapons, kind of like Road Warrior, who goes from town to town with a guitar case full of weapons.
Because I threw it away like that, I just thought, well, let me just make something fun. Action movie, I guess I could do action. I started as a cartoonist, so it was more comedic than anything else. I said, well, an action movie, let's make it fun. Let's make it about a guy with a guitar case full of weapons, kind of like Road Warrior, who goes from town to town with a guitar case full of weapons.
But I can't afford Road Warrior on the first one. So how about I just do a Genesis story? So I took out these cards and I go, okay, maybe he was a guitar player. In fact, that'll be a funny title because I have this comedic sense.
But I can't afford Road Warrior on the first one. So how about I just do a Genesis story? So I took out these cards and I go, okay, maybe he was a guitar player. In fact, that'll be a funny title because I have this comedic sense.
But I can't afford Road Warrior on the first one. So how about I just do a Genesis story? So I took out these cards and I go, okay, maybe he was a guitar player. In fact, that'll be a funny title because I have this comedic sense.
I thought, I'm going to make a movie that's got so much action and it's actually shot on film, but I'll call it basically The Guitar Player, which promises no action whatsoever. Put it on the shelf. And if someone happens to be so desperate to watch it, they'll be surprised. You know, that was like my joke to myself, but I just want to practice.
I thought, I'm going to make a movie that's got so much action and it's actually shot on film, but I'll call it basically The Guitar Player, which promises no action whatsoever. Put it on the shelf. And if someone happens to be so desperate to watch it, they'll be surprised. You know, that was like my joke to myself, but I just want to practice.
I thought, I'm going to make a movie that's got so much action and it's actually shot on film, but I'll call it basically The Guitar Player, which promises no action whatsoever. Put it on the shelf. And if someone happens to be so desperate to watch it, they'll be surprised. You know, that was like my joke to myself, but I just want to practice.
So I did this method where I just got the cards and I go... I'm used to making short films. Guy with a guitar case walks into a bar looking for work. They refuse. We don't hire people. We use a synthesizer now. He leaves. A guy with a guitar case full of weapons walks in after, shoots the place up, says he's going after the guy who owns it because he did him wrong.
So I did this method where I just got the cards and I go... I'm used to making short films. Guy with a guitar case walks into a bar looking for work. They refuse. We don't hire people. We use a synthesizer now. He leaves. A guy with a guitar case full of weapons walks in after, shoots the place up, says he's going after the guy who owns it because he did him wrong.
So I did this method where I just got the cards and I go... I'm used to making short films. Guy with a guitar case walks into a bar looking for work. They refuse. We don't hire people. We use a synthesizer now. He leaves. A guy with a guitar case full of weapons walks in after, shoots the place up, says he's going after the guy who owns it because he did him wrong.
So I put those two cards down and I went, okay, that's how a short film would start. But shit, this is a feature. So let me put, it's gonna need like three scenes before. This is how fast you write a script. I wrote that script because it was, again, I'm throwing it away. I'm just gonna make something that I wanna see because no one else is gonna see it.
So I put those two cards down and I went, okay, that's how a short film would start. But shit, this is a feature. So let me put, it's gonna need like three scenes before. This is how fast you write a script. I wrote that script because it was, again, I'm throwing it away. I'm just gonna make something that I wanna see because no one else is gonna see it.
So I put those two cards down and I went, okay, that's how a short film would start. But shit, this is a feature. So let me put, it's gonna need like three scenes before. This is how fast you write a script. I wrote that script because it was, again, I'm throwing it away. I'm just gonna make something that I wanna see because no one else is gonna see it.