Rebel Without a Crew - Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez is very much a film maker on the up and has been for a number of years. In 2005, following the release of his film “Sin City”; he was ranked as one of Hollywood’s 50 most powerful people by Premiere magazine. In fact, Robert Rodriguez has done so much, having written and directed a number of very successful films, including his “Mariachi” trilogy and the “Spy Kids” trilogy and directed “From Dusk Til Dawn”; it seems strange to think he has only really been on the scene for less than fifteen years and is still only in his 30s. But life wasn’t always so good and so successful for Rodriguez. In 1991, he was thinking about getting ...  Read the complete review

"How much did it cost again?" he asked. "$7,000," I told him. "Really? That's pretty good... most trailers usually cost between $20,000 and $30,000." I paused for a moment, trying to make sense of what he had just said. Then I said, "No, the whole movie cost $7,000." Robert Rodriguez wrote, directed and produced his debut feature film, 'El Mariachi', with a borrowed camera, no crew, and less money than a typical Hollywood actor earns in a single day. His book, 'Rebel Without a Crew', features extracts from the diary he kept during his remarkable rise from amateur filmmaker to one of the ...  Read the complete review