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Robert Rodriguez stands alone as the most successful U.S. Latino filmmaker today, whose work has single-handedly brought U.S. Latino filmmaking into the mainstream of twenty-first-century global cinema. Rodriguez is a prolific (eighteen films in twenty-one years) and all-encompassing filmmaker who has scripted, directed, shot, edited, and scored nearly all his films since his first breakout success, El Mariachi, in 1992. With new films constantly coming out and the launch of his El Rey Network television channel, he receives unceasing coverage in the entertainment media, but systematic scholarly study of Rodriguez's films is only just beginning.
The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez offers the first extended investigation of this important filmmaker's art. Accessibly written for fans as well as scholars, it addresses all of Rodriguez's feature films through Spy Kids 4 and Machete Kills, and his filmmaking process from initial inspiration, to script, to film (with its myriad visual and auditory elements and choices), to final product, to (usually) critical and commercial success. In addition to his close analysis of Rodriguez's work, Frederick Luis Aldama presents an original interview with the filmmaker, in which they discuss his career and his relationship to the film industry. This entertaining and much-needed scholarly overview of Rodriguez's work shines new light on several key topics, including the filmmaker's creative, low-cost, efficient approach to filmmaking; the acceptance of Latino films and filmmakers in mainstream cinema; and the consumption and reception of film in the twenty-first century.
Contents
Foreword: A Teaser before the Show by Charles RamÍrez Berg
Acknowledgments
Art and Industry: The Films of Robert Rodriguez
Good, Bad, Ugly . . . and Beautiful
El Mariachi (1992)
Desperado (1995)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Regenerative Aesthetics of Degenerate Genres
From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
The Faculty (1998)
Familia Redefined, Chocolate Rivers, Rainbow Rocks, Dreamscapes, and S'mores
Spy Kids 1 (2001)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)
Shorts (2009)
Tour de Noir Comic-Book Film
Sin City (2005)
Otherworldly Mutants, Bandidas, Borderland Vigilantes . . . Fight Back
Planet Terror (2007)
Machete (2010)
Machete Kills (2013)
It's a Wrap
Interview with Robert Rodriguez
Filmography
References
Index
