Robert Rodriguez
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He goes, in fact... Yeah, people didn't get it. And in fact, and he didn't get it either. He wasn't sure if it was it. In fact, one filmmaker even said, I want to sit you down and tell you all the things that are wrong with this movie. But I'll wait till you get back from Cannes. He goes to Cannes. He wins Cannes. And the friend left him a message. What the hell do I know?
He goes, in fact... Yeah, people didn't get it. And in fact, and he didn't get it either. He wasn't sure if it was it. In fact, one filmmaker even said, I want to sit you down and tell you all the things that are wrong with this movie. But I'll wait till you get back from Cannes. He goes to Cannes. He wins Cannes. And the friend left him a message. What the hell do I know?
I've only made one movie. Everyone's mind was changed. So he was surprised by it too. So I just want people to hear that because you're making something groundbreaking. It's not like you're going, I'm making something groundbreaking. You don't know that it's going to do that. Sometimes things overperform.
I've only made one movie. Everyone's mind was changed. So he was surprised by it too. So I just want people to hear that because you're making something groundbreaking. It's not like you're going, I'm making something groundbreaking. You don't know that it's going to do that. Sometimes things overperform.
I've only made one movie. Everyone's mind was changed. So he was surprised by it too. So I just want people to hear that because you're making something groundbreaking. It's not like you're going, I'm making something groundbreaking. You don't know that it's going to do that. Sometimes things overperform.
That's why if you just commit to a body of work, you're not going to know which one's going to be your Pulp Fiction, which one's going to be your Four Rooms. And if you just do that, because I saw a lot of people get hurt. Like John Carpenter made The Thing. He thought he made a great movie. He thought he made an amazing movie.
That's why if you just commit to a body of work, you're not going to know which one's going to be your Pulp Fiction, which one's going to be your Four Rooms. And if you just do that, because I saw a lot of people get hurt. Like John Carpenter made The Thing. He thought he made a great movie. He thought he made an amazing movie.
That's why if you just commit to a body of work, you're not going to know which one's going to be your Pulp Fiction, which one's going to be your Four Rooms. And if you just do that, because I saw a lot of people get hurt. Like John Carpenter made The Thing. He thought he made a great movie. He thought he made an amazing movie.
Bombs critics called it pornography at the time if you remember like this the Makeup effects over the audiences didn't go it came out the same weekend Unfortunately as ET right why do we call it pornography just because it was just so self-indulgent and gross and nasty I mean they they really like reamed him to the point. So the special effects.
Bombs critics called it pornography at the time if you remember like this the Makeup effects over the audiences didn't go it came out the same weekend Unfortunately as ET right why do we call it pornography just because it was just so self-indulgent and gross and nasty I mean they they really like reamed him to the point. So the special effects.
Bombs critics called it pornography at the time if you remember like this the Makeup effects over the audiences didn't go it came out the same weekend Unfortunately as ET right why do we call it pornography just because it was just so self-indulgent and gross and nasty I mean they they really like reamed him to the point. So the special effects.
If you don't remember the time, it was really like that. There was repulsion towards this movie. Wow. I know you don't think that now because 10 years later, and it took 10 years. No, it was not. Wow. 10 years later, it was suddenly considered a classic. Now, if he had committed to a body of work, he would have just let that roll off his shoulders and just don't blink.
If you don't remember the time, it was really like that. There was repulsion towards this movie. Wow. I know you don't think that now because 10 years later, and it took 10 years. No, it was not. Wow. 10 years later, it was suddenly considered a classic. Now, if he had committed to a body of work, he would have just let that roll off his shoulders and just don't blink.
If you don't remember the time, it was really like that. There was repulsion towards this movie. Wow. I know you don't think that now because 10 years later, and it took 10 years. No, it was not. Wow. 10 years later, it was suddenly considered a classic. Now, if he had committed to a body of work, he would have just let that roll off his shoulders and just don't blink.
But it really fucks you up if you think, my instincts must be off.
But it really fucks you up if you think, my instincts must be off.
But it really fucks you up if you think, my instincts must be off.
It's a great fucking movie. It's a great fucking movie, but if no one else is saying that, So I asked Quentin, who... George Lucas had the same thing. He showed famously Star Wars to all his director friends. And they were like, poor George. He's wasted all his time on this movie. And Spielberg was the only one who was like, it's naive. It'll do good.
It's a great fucking movie. It's a great fucking movie, but if no one else is saying that, So I asked Quentin, who... George Lucas had the same thing. He showed famously Star Wars to all his director friends. And they were like, poor George. He's wasted all his time on this movie. And Spielberg was the only one who was like, it's naive. It'll do good.
It's a great fucking movie. It's a great fucking movie, but if no one else is saying that, So I asked Quentin, who... George Lucas had the same thing. He showed famously Star Wars to all his director friends. And they were like, poor George. He's wasted all his time on this movie. And Spielberg was the only one who was like, it's naive. It'll do good.