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Rebel without a crew, or, How a 23-year-old filmmaker with $7,000 became a Hollywood player, Robert Rodriguez

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Rebel without a crew, or, How a 23-year-old filmmaker with $7,000 became a Hollywood player

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Robert Rodriguez

"In Rebel Without a Crew, famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Sin City 2, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids) 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."--Publisher description

Introduction -- Author's note -- The idea -- I was a human lab rat -- Preproduction -- Production -- Postproduction -- Highway to hell -- The chase -- Columbia Pictures -- Postproduction, take 2 -- Telluride and Toronto -- Postproduction, take 3 -- Sundancing -- El Mariachi : the release -- Epilogue : the curse of El Mariachi -- Appendix 1. The ten-minute film school -- Appendix 2. El Mariachi, the original screenplay

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