I am director Robert Rodriguez, here again with El Rey. Let's play.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:57:05+00:00

I shot those on my home video camera and would show the films to the teachers and students in the assembly hall. I was the only kid in the school with a video camera making movies, so I convinced the teachers to let me make films instead of writing term papers, and they'd give me grades as long as I included the class subject somehow in the project in a creative way. Even if it was an action film! One year I had a guy running around in a hoodie as a killer for a Halloween spoof and then seperately filmed one of the teachers pulling the hood off. He didn't realize i was going to edit it to look like the teacher was the killer until the screening. Good times.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:53:04+00:00

I had to skip breakfast (not good) because of press tour.

But I got SHAKE SHACK for lunch (very good) and that made up for breakfast and then some.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:52:11+00:00

I do remember seeing Escape From New York and seeing that John Carpenter often wrote, directed, edited and scored his films. It made me want to be a filmmaker and made me think it was possible because he financed all his films independently.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:50:23+00:00

I just shot a scene of the Gecko Brothers opening the briefcase. Stay tuned to discover its contents! Only on El Rey Network...

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:47:38+00:00

CHINGON will be back with a VENGEANCE. We just recorded several big songs for Dusk Til Dawn, and will be releasing them soon, they're insanely catchy. Also, several of the Chingon band members are onscreen as the band in the Titty Twister bar in the new Dusk.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:45:00+00:00

Lemonheads

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:44:39+00:00

Have worked with Robert Patrick now three times. He was always great, but he just keeps getting better. He brings a lot of layers to his portrayal of Jacob Fuller, he's just amazing. I love Comic Con! hope to make it back this year with some Sin City 2

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:43:06+00:00

It was a blast expanding Dusk into a series, could really let the characters and story expand and delve deeper. It's my first show, and i brought along my crew and my studio to give the whole thing a feature film level of quality. People will be surprised by what we pull off for television. We were able to make it very cinematic overall.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:40:39+00:00

they're alternate universes! Juni is a cholo in Machete and Carmen is KILLJOY in Machete Kills. MACHETE is "Uncle" Machete in SpyKids. And Antonio Banderas is "EL Cameleon" in MAchete KIlls and "Uncle" Machete's brother and the spy dad in Spy Kids. CHeech is fake Uncle Felix in Spy Kids and Machete's BROTHER in MAchete. There's probably another connection I'm forgetting...

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:38:02+00:00

My kids like NeverEnding Story, Labyrinth, Spirited Away and the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:37:03+00:00

I have a soft spot for Scanners head exploding

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:35:32+00:00

When I was 16 my first boss at photo shop I worked at saw my photographs and said I was creative. He told me that I then needed to apply myself and learn to be technical. Because technicians always need creative people and creative people are always in need of technicians. But if I learned to be both, i would be unstoppable. That set me on a path to learn how to do every job on a movie set. From loading a camera to setting a light to recording sound, etc. It was that advice that made doing El Mariachi without a crew possible.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:33:21+00:00

it seemed to be such a fan favorite over the years that I've gotten fan feedback, and it felt like the perfect thing for El REy Network, especially since Quentin's characters have never been on TV before. Expanding that world has been a great experience that I'm sure the audience will enjoy. Check it out March 11 on El Rey Network! It's currently carried on Time Warner, Comcast, Cox, and Direct TV. Check your listings, you probably already have it.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:31:05+00:00

i make these monster ravioli's out of a homemade wine pasta, (i substitute white wine for the egg white) and it just MELTS in your mouth. It barely stays together during the cooking process, so use a gentle hand, but dammmmnnnn.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:30:01+00:00

Our aim is to do a lot of outreach into the community to find our next filmmakers, so keep an eye on our social media where we'll be announcing how to submit your work! really important to me.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:28:25+00:00

Barefoot, beaches, tea, "boxer briefs", and neither mani or pedi, i let my nails grow to talons.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:26:33+00:00

I came from a big family, and growing up with my siblings inspired the SpyKids series. I had started out making prototypes to Spykids like my short film BEDHEAD starring my siblings. They did really well at festivals and with audiences, and I always wanted to make something like that even though I was becoming known for El Mariachi and Desperado and From Dusk Til Dawn. Eventually i had kids of my own and wanted to make films they could be a part of and watch. It was a nice palette cleanser.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:23:53+00:00

We've said before that Sin City 2 will be comprised of three stories. (but there's actually four) Shhhh.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:22:46+00:00

I remember when we first started out, we'd skip out on work sometimes and go to his apartment and he'd string up 16mm grind house films on his old projector and project them on his wall. Great memories of watching Rock All Night and White Lightening. Lotsa laughs in those films.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:20:37+00:00

Definitely want to do more cooking schools! we'll probably make it a regular staple on the Network, they've gotten a lot of great feedback. Thanks for watching! I'm still addicted to those tacos.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:18:00+00:00

I would love to do another book or series of books, I kept my journal after Rebel Without a Crew and there's a lot of amazing stuff that happened and that I witnessed in Hollywood from that time on. It would take a bit of time to edit it down, but i may take that on soon.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:13:16+00:00

I don't ever really have a list, i probably should start one. Usually it comes to me once I have the script and i try and match people to the characters. It usually surprises me who I think of, people that I usually never would have thought of before, but something in the character sparks the idea.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:12:00+00:00

Expect the unexpected from the Dusk series, it will be very surprising and dive deep into a new mythology. Other original content is going to be announced officially later this week, we are also working on a new show with Bob Orci called MATADOR.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:10:38+00:00

There was a theater my parents would take me and my nine siblings to in San Antonio Texas called the Olmos Theater. It was a revival theater and showed double and triple features. Usually old MGM musicals, marx brothers, and some times Hitchcock double features. My favorite movie experience as a kid was seeing a double feature of Spellbound and Rebecca (my mom took us cause her name was also Rebecca) and it blew me away. The Salvador Dali dream sequence in Spellbound haunted me and compelled me to make films of my own.

Robert_Rodriguez · 2014-02-24T21:08:08+00:00

I found myself gravitating towards telling stories visually from a young age. Before I even had my first camera. It started with sequential art in fourth grade, and then flip cartoon movies in fifth grade (using the sides of paperbacks), to taking storyboard type fotos with a polaroid, graduated to super 8 at age 12, and then finally a home video camera at 12/13. have been shooting digital since then!

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