tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post5656717110607503421..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Rebel Without a Crew Book ReviewFranco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-6191693953290625872010-11-23T09:36:15.469-08:002010-11-23T09:36:15.469-08:00You are right man, Rodiguez's dvd's are gr...You are right man, Rodiguez's dvd's are great buys because he always gives you as much information as he can on the whole filmmaking process! <br /><br />In fact, I recently watched Once Upon a Time in Mexico and I actually enjoyed the dvd extras more then the movie itself. The movie has interesting things going for it, but I can help and feel like its disjointed somehow, not at all together. <br /><br />Still, I loved that tour he gave of his home, where we can see where he edits all of his movies, the guys got his own movie making studio right in his own home. Lucky dude! <br /><br />He always comes off as an over achiever, I mean, the guy even had time to do a little video on making "Puerco Pibil" and called it Robert Rodriguez's 10 Minute Cooking School.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-42922959962203880842010-11-23T07:07:17.728-08:002010-11-23T07:07:17.728-08:00I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well and I'm...I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well and I'm not even nor do I have any aspirations to be a filmmaker but I just enjoy reading all those production anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stuff. As you have probably already gathered, I'm a big Rodriguez fan too. Not all of his stuff. The SPY KIDS movies do nothing for me but I actually really enjoyed ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO for the crazy-ass hodge podge mess of a film that it is. It's crammed with tons of fascinating character actors, you've got Johnny Depp doing his own crazy thing and everything is cranked up to an epic scale!<br /><br />That being said, I still think DESPERADO is my fave of the Mariachi trilogy if only because I love the homages to John Woo's films in the action sequences. Rodriguez basically pulled an EVIL DEAD II with this film by making a sequel/remake simultaneously.<br /><br />I also find his approach to filmmaking very inspirational and his philosophy of learning by doing it. I would argue that his audio commentaries for EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO are mini-film schools in and of themselves as he really lays it out on how to make a good looking film on the cheap.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-14559928048592589562010-11-23T04:50:39.521-08:002010-11-23T04:50:39.521-08:00Hey Manny, I love many directors. You know I got a...Hey Manny, I love many directors. You know I got a bit of Raimi, a bit of Gilliam, and yeah, a bit of Rodriguez who by the way is a offspring of Raimis kinetic filmmaking style. <br /><br />I do agree with ya, as I mentioned on the review, not all Rodriguez films are perfect. I guess you could say he's a good business man as well. Thats why he made El Mariachi in the first place, because he know he could make money in the Spanish Video market with a good action flick made on the cheap. <br /><br />He knows that in hollywood, the name of the game is making money, and he wants to make it! This is the reason why he ends up making films like Shorts! and Spy Kids 3. Those movies build his studio, make it stronger. <br /><br />They arent the best movies ever, but kids go see them by the droves, this money is later used by Rodriguez to make masterpieces like Sin City and Planet Terror, so thats fine by me! <br /><br />And he also knows how to have fun with films, and make a good genre picture, a good exploitation film, like MACHETE, which got a lot of heat for getting political, but was awesome fun in my book.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting man!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-22275566282332529722010-11-22T13:25:59.275-08:002010-11-22T13:25:59.275-08:00Robert is getting sloppy with his movies in my opi...Robert is getting sloppy with his movies in my opinion. I like El Mariachi but hate Desperado is so cartoony. I dont kno I dont consider him that good. I thought you were more of a Raimi type of dude Franc.Manuel Marrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341967701127338133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-24652056749962194382010-11-22T10:52:31.889-08:002010-11-22T10:52:31.889-08:00Nothing? Ahh, too bad man! I also liked reading th...Nothing? Ahh, too bad man! I also liked reading the script for El Mariachi which was also included. <br /><br />I'm gonna start reading Kaufmans book next!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-59914828976178996122010-11-22T09:14:01.139-08:002010-11-22T09:14:01.139-08:00I have to disagree with you, this book didn't ...I have to disagree with you, this book didn't really do anything for me. Much more interesting to me was Lloyd Kaufman's Make Your Own Damn Movie, if it wasn't for that book I'd probably never had tried the movie-making game.Mr. Fiendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400272984451242034noreply@blogger.com