This film or show by Robert Rodriguez has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Robert Rodriguez. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2025-04-02 and the most recent from 2025-04-16. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
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Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking | Lex Fridman Podcast #465
“I highly recommend people go back and watch that movie. It's it's just an incredible movie.”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Robert Rodriguez: Legendary independent filmmaker behind El Mariachi, Desperado, Sin City, Spy Kids, Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn, and Alita: Battle Angel. He runs his own studio in Austin, Texas and famously serves as director, writer, cinematographer, editor, composer, and effects supervisor on his films. Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez on making El Mariachi for $7,000, doing every job himself, creative philosophy, and collaborating with Tarantino and Cameron.
The “Fear-Forward” Way of Life — Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez
“another $7,000 movie... just like I had Carlos Gay, the main actor from El Mariachi. Only one person”— Robert Rodriguez
The guest here is Robert Rodriguez: Filmmaker behind El Mariachi, Spy Kids, Sin City, Desperado, and We Can Be Heroes; author of Rebel Without a Crew; known for guerrilla, resource-leveraging, fear-forward creativity. Robert Rodriguez returns to share fear-forward filmmaking, identity labels, working with his kids, and why journaling means reliving your life.
