Robert Rodriguez

And if it didn't match, I would cut away to the dog or to the knife or to the other person. That's why it's got a really fast cutting style, which became my cutting style, was just to get them back in sync because I didn't want it to look like a low-budget rubbery lip thing. But if you watch it, you see them in sync. Every time they're on screen, they're in sync.

But this is about being resourceful. But it saved me a ton of money doing it that way. And it made it actually interesting to watch. It makes it more interesting to watch. Yeah. Oh, so anyway, so originally, I didn't have any ideas. I was going to make three of these movies before making my serious American independent film. But my first movie, I gave it to an agent in Los Angeles.

But this is about being resourceful. But it saved me a ton of money doing it that way. And it made it actually interesting to watch. It makes it more interesting to watch. Yeah. Oh, so anyway, so originally, I didn't have any ideas. I was going to make three of these movies before making my serious American independent film. But my first movie, I gave it to an agent in Los Angeles.

But this is about being resourceful. But it saved me a ton of money doing it that way. And it made it actually interesting to watch. It makes it more interesting to watch. Yeah. Oh, so anyway, so originally, I didn't have any ideas. I was going to make three of these movies before making my serious American independent film. But my first movie, I gave it to an agent in Los Angeles.

And he said, I can get you work off this right now as a writer-director. And I went, writer-director?

And he said, I can get you work off this right now as a writer-director. And I went, writer-director?

And he said, I can get you work off this right now as a writer-director. And I went, writer-director?

i'm not a writer well i guess i wrote the script i guess that makes me a writer again i didn't know how to own stuff yet so you just got to say you're a writer i still thought well like i'd even written a movie i didn't consider myself a writer that's that's the we do to ourselves right so i said okay so he sent it around all these studios were flying me up it's in the book it's just crazy how fast it happened and they're offering me these deals because they saw that i went and did something that's why you just got to go make something because people are sometimes they're so impressed that you even did anything most people never start and

i'm not a writer well i guess i wrote the script i guess that makes me a writer again i didn't know how to own stuff yet so you just got to say you're a writer i still thought well like i'd even written a movie i didn't consider myself a writer that's that's the we do to ourselves right so i said okay so he sent it around all these studios were flying me up it's in the book it's just crazy how fast it happened and they're offering me these deals because they saw that i went and did something that's why you just got to go make something because people are sometimes they're so impressed that you even did anything most people never start and

i'm not a writer well i guess i wrote the script i guess that makes me a writer again i didn't know how to own stuff yet so you just got to say you're a writer i still thought well like i'd even written a movie i didn't consider myself a writer that's that's the we do to ourselves right so i said okay so he sent it around all these studios were flying me up it's in the book it's just crazy how fast it happened and they're offering me these deals because they saw that i went and did something that's why you just got to go make something because people are sometimes they're so impressed that you even did anything most people never start and

And they went, wow. And I thought, well, it's actually a good calling card now. If you like the cinematography, I did that. Hire me as a cameraman. If you like the editing, I did that. Hire me as an editor. But they hired me as a writer-director. And they said, what movie do you want to do? I go, this all happened so fast. I didn't really have a chance to think about it.

And they went, wow. And I thought, well, it's actually a good calling card now. If you like the cinematography, I did that. Hire me as a cameraman. If you like the editing, I did that. Hire me as an editor. But they hired me as a writer-director. And they said, what movie do you want to do? I go, this all happened so fast. I didn't really have a chance to think about it.

And they went, wow. And I thought, well, it's actually a good calling card now. If you like the cinematography, I did that. Hire me as a cameraman. If you like the editing, I did that. Hire me as an editor. But they hired me as a writer-director. And they said, what movie do you want to do? I go, this all happened so fast. I didn't really have a chance to think about it.

I was going to do three of these practice films and then make a real one. But you like Mariachi. Why don't we remake that? And they said, with Antonio Banderas. Okay, okay. But... audience might not like that the girl dies. So we're going to screen this version that you have now to an audience. So we screen it to an audience and they liked it the way it was.

I was going to do three of these practice films and then make a real one. But you like Mariachi. Why don't we remake that? And they said, with Antonio Banderas. Okay, okay. But... audience might not like that the girl dies. So we're going to screen this version that you have now to an audience. So we screen it to an audience and they liked it the way it was.

I was going to do three of these practice films and then make a real one. But you like Mariachi. Why don't we remake that? And they said, with Antonio Banderas. Okay, okay. But... audience might not like that the girl dies. So we're going to screen this version that you have now to an audience. So we screen it to an audience and they liked it the way it was.

So they said, we're going to take this to some film festivals. I was like, no, don't show this movie. It's my practice movie. Literally, no one's supposed to see this one. They go, no, no, you got something really special. I said, no, dude, I'm telling you, I can do much better than that. Give me $2,000. I'll go reshoot half of it.

So they said, we're going to take this to some film festivals. I was like, no, don't show this movie. It's my practice movie. Literally, no one's supposed to see this one. They go, no, no, you got something really special. I said, no, dude, I'm telling you, I can do much better than that. Give me $2,000. I'll go reshoot half of it.

So they said, we're going to take this to some film festivals. I was like, no, don't show this movie. It's my practice movie. Literally, no one's supposed to see this one. They go, no, no, you got something really special. I said, no, dude, I'm telling you, I can do much better than that. Give me $2,000. I'll go reshoot half of it.

Just knowing that people are going to see it now and do completely differently. And they go, you've got something. They're smart. Mark Kenton there said, you got something really special here. We're going to take it to the festivals. And we won Sundance because I made it for myself. It was a real lesson in that.