Robert Rodriguez

Cause I was going to throw a guy at it. So we needed a car to implode and then we're going to throw them and marry it together. Right. And, um, The car guy goes, yeah, we're going to have three cars rigged. Three cars? Well, in case one doesn't work, and then we have a second, we have a third. We don't have all night to go shoot take after take. We're just getting one car.

Cause I was going to throw a guy at it. So we needed a car to implode and then we're going to throw them and marry it together. Right. And, um, The car guy goes, yeah, we're going to have three cars rigged. Three cars? Well, in case one doesn't work, and then we have a second, we have a third. We don't have all night to go shoot take after take. We're just getting one car.

And if it doesn't work, we'll figure it out. Because you don't have time to do it again sometimes. It's such a long setup. So I go, no, I'm good with just going. In a Grindhouse movie, they only had one take, so I thought I'd make it more authentic. Yeah.

And if it doesn't work, we'll figure it out. Because you don't have time to do it again sometimes. It's such a long setup. So I go, no, I'm good with just going. In a Grindhouse movie, they only had one take, so I thought I'd make it more authentic. Yeah.

And if it doesn't work, we'll figure it out. Because you don't have time to do it again sometimes. It's such a long setup. So I go, no, I'm good with just going. In a Grindhouse movie, they only had one take, so I thought I'd make it more authentic. Yeah.

Two things happened on Dust Till Done. First was... Okay, you know how those explosions when somebody walks away in slow motion from an explosion that's become kind of... You know that started with Desperado? Desperado's the first. If you look at all the montages, Desperado's the first. That's right. That is the meme. Because it was an accident.

Two things happened on Dust Till Done. First was... Okay, you know how those explosions when somebody walks away in slow motion from an explosion that's become kind of... You know that started with Desperado? Desperado's the first. If you look at all the montages, Desperado's the first. That's right. That is the meme. Because it was an accident.

Two things happened on Dust Till Done. First was... Okay, you know how those explosions when somebody walks away in slow motion from an explosion that's become kind of... You know that started with Desperado? Desperado's the first. If you look at all the montages, Desperado's the first. That's right. That is the meme. Because it was an accident.

It was just supposed to be... It was just two grenades, not a nuclear bomb. He throws them over the side. I just want to like some body parts or, you know, something to fly up. Some shrapnel. It literally says shrapnel. And my effects guy was so ragged, running so ragged. We get to there and I go, do you have any... body parts and stuff we can throw up or something you can shoot up.

It was just supposed to be... It was just two grenades, not a nuclear bomb. He throws them over the side. I just want to like some body parts or, you know, something to fly up. Some shrapnel. It literally says shrapnel. And my effects guy was so ragged, running so ragged. We get to there and I go, do you have any... body parts and stuff we can throw up or something you can shoot up.

It was just supposed to be... It was just two grenades, not a nuclear bomb. He throws them over the side. I just want to like some body parts or, you know, something to fly up. Some shrapnel. It literally says shrapnel. And my effects guy was so ragged, running so ragged. We get to there and I go, do you have any... body parts and stuff we can throw up or something you can shoot up.

Pat, I didn't realize it's so high to get past that second floor. He's like, no, I don't. I can give you a fireball. I can give you a nice, you know, fireball with propane, but it burns away really quick. Like, how fast? Like that, but it'll be big and orange. Okay, we'll shoot it in slow motion so it lasts a little longer because it just goes poof.

Pat, I didn't realize it's so high to get past that second floor. He's like, no, I don't. I can give you a fireball. I can give you a nice, you know, fireball with propane, but it burns away really quick. Like, how fast? Like that, but it'll be big and orange. Okay, we'll shoot it in slow motion so it lasts a little longer because it just goes poof.

Pat, I didn't realize it's so high to get past that second floor. He's like, no, I don't. I can give you a fireball. I can give you a nice, you know, fireball with propane, but it burns away really quick. Like, how fast? Like that, but it'll be big and orange. Okay, we'll shoot it in slow motion so it lasts a little longer because it just goes poof.

So I told the actors, I know how big this fireball is going to be, but just walk really fast and just look real determined and then just keep walking. Don't stop and turn around because you might get your eyebrows singed. So they take off and boom, it goes. And in slow motion, it looks great, right?

So I told the actors, I know how big this fireball is going to be, but just walk really fast and just look real determined and then just keep walking. Don't stop and turn around because you might get your eyebrows singed. So they take off and boom, it goes. And in slow motion, it looks great, right?

So I told the actors, I know how big this fireball is going to be, but just walk really fast and just look real determined and then just keep walking. Don't stop and turn around because you might get your eyebrows singed. So they take off and boom, it goes. And in slow motion, it looks great, right?

I remember showing it to Jim Cameron before it came out and his hand went up like, I've never seen that before, you know. Six months later, Dust Till Dawn came out. So I liked how much it looked so much that in Dust Till Dawn, I did it again and So those movies came out within six months of each other. That's why it turned into a thing because people saw it.

I remember showing it to Jim Cameron before it came out and his hand went up like, I've never seen that before, you know. Six months later, Dust Till Dawn came out. So I liked how much it looked so much that in Dust Till Dawn, I did it again and So those movies came out within six months of each other. That's why it turned into a thing because people saw it.

I remember showing it to Jim Cameron before it came out and his hand went up like, I've never seen that before, you know. Six months later, Dust Till Dawn came out. So I liked how much it looked so much that in Dust Till Dawn, I did it again and So those movies came out within six months of each other. That's why it turned into a thing because people saw it.