#2310 - Robert Rodriguez
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very nice to meet you. Incredible
to meet you. Fucking
gigantic fan.
Man, I appreciate that.
I just love what you've done because, like, anybody who could start their career off and make a movie for $7,000 Right. Is a hero. That's such a just an incredible accomplishment to make a a movie that people still watch and talk about today for $7.
It was an experience for sure. I I I had a really good plan, and it backfired. So I tried to right away when it worked in a different way, I wanted to share that experience. I wrote a book called Rebel Without a Crew that really inspired filmmakers because you knew that for it too. Just recently, I couldn't believe it. I hadn't read it since I wrote it, and I've forgotten a lot of the details. And now I can see why it inspired so many people because it you know, when you're in your early twenties, six months feels like six years. Right. So when you read it now and go, oh my god. From inception
Mhmm. It's
okay. I've written a screenplay. It's very hard to write a screenplay. It's hard to write. It's like three huge meals that you're just gonna dump. Why not? Okay. Write the script. Throw it away. But why are throwing it away? Why not also shoot it and direct it? Light at yourself. Do the sound yourself so that you're training yourself on each one. So I thought, where can I do this where I can get paid to do that? Like, my own film school where I get paid to learn. So I discovered that there were these straight to Spanish movies that are action movies. You go to the you've seen the H E Bs around
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