In Rebel Without a Crew, screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through.
Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez ( Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. Part production diary, part how-to manual, Rodriguez unveils how he was able to make his influential first film on only a $7,000 budget. Also included is the appendix, The Ten Minute Film Course," a tell-all on how to save thousands of dollars on film school and teach yourself the ropes of film production, directing, and screenwriting. A perfect gift for the aspiring filmmaker.
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ is an independent screenwriter and director of more than fifteen feature films. He pioneered the "Mariachi-style" and "one-man film crew" styles of filmmaking, and is the founder of the production company, Troublemaker Studios. Some of Rodriguez's films include Sin City, Desperado , Once Upon a Time in Mexico , The Faculty , Sharkboy and Lavagirl , Spy Kids , Planet Terror , and Machete . He has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on From Dusk Till Dawn and Grindhouse.
No one has landed on the cinematic map with more explosive force than Robert Rodriguez, director of El Mariachi. Just how did this amateur filmmaker from Texas - with only one camera, no crew, and a budget largely raised by subjecting himself to medical experimentation - manage to complete a feature film for $7,000 and get himself wined and dined by Hollywood's biggest movie moguls? Now, in his own witty and straight-shooting style, Robert Rodriguez discloses all the unique strategies and innovative techniques he used to make El Mariachi on the cheap. You'll see firsthand Rodriguez's whirlwind "Mariachi-style" filmmaking, where creativity - not money - is used to solve problems. Culminating in his "Ten-Minute Film School," this book may render conventional film-school programs obsolete. Rodriguez's inspiring nuts-and-bolts account features the full El Mariachi shooting script, post-production tips, film festival anecdotes, publicity blitz secrets - and even an insider's view of the courtship he enjoyed with Hollywood's A-list. Rebel Without a Crew is both one man's remarkable story and the essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through.
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