#Robert Rodriquez

[sciencefictiongallery]

Robert Rodriquez, Star Wars, 1977.

[llpodcast]

(Literary License Podcast)

Sin City (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City) is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. It is based on Miller's graphic novel of the same name.

 Much of the film is based on the first, third, and fourth books in Miller's original comic series. The Hard Goodbye is about an ex-convict who embarks on a rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart's killer. The Big Fat Kill follows a private investigator  who gets caught in a street war between a group of prostitutes and a group of mercenaries, the police and the mob. That Yellow Bastard focuses on an aging police officer who protects a young woman from a grotesquely disfigured serial killer. The intro and outro of the film are based on the short story "The Customer is Always Right" which is collected in Booze, Broads & Bullets, the sixth book in the comic series.

 The film stars an ensemble cast led by Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, and Elijah Wood, and featuring Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Devon Aoki, Carla Gugino, Rutger Hauer, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Nick Stahl, and Makenzie Vega among others.

 Sin City opened to wide critical and commercial success, gathering particular recognition for the film's unique color processing which rendered most of the film in black and white while retaining or adding color for selected objects. The film was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in competition and won the Technical Grand Prize for the film's "visual shaping". A sequel also directed by Miller and Rodriguez was released in 2014, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, but failed to match the critical and commercial success of its predecessor.

  Southbound is a 2015 American anthology horror film directed by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, and Patrick Horvath. Produced by Brad Miska and Roxanne Benjamin, the film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2015, and was released theatrically on February 5, 2016, in a limited release. The film was included on numerous Best Horror Films of 2016 lists including those by Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed and the Thrillist.

  Opening Credits; Introduction (1.00); Background History (4.46); Sin City Film Trailer (2005) (7.22); Exploring Our First Feature (9.04); Let's Rate (50.46); Introducing a Film (53.57); Southbound (2015) Film Trailer (54.46); Lights, Camera, Action (57.06); End Credits (1:12.43); Closing Credits (1:14.20)

Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – Copyright . All rights reserved

 Closing Credits:  Road To Nowhere by Talking Heads.  From the album Little Creatures.  Copyright 1985 Sire Records.

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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 

 Incidental Music:  Music from Sin City Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by  Robert Rodriguez, John Debney and Graeme Revell.   Copyright 2005 Varese Sarabande.

 Music from Southbound Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by The Gifted.  Copyright 2015 Headquarters Music.

 All rights reserved.  Used by Kind Permission.

 All songs available through Amazon Music.

[janamonji]

'Jury Duty,' 'Bull' and '12 Angry Men'

After my brief one-day as a potential juror, I thought I should review some jury duty-related TV shows and movies. By itself, the classic feature film “12 Angry Men” isn’t available to stream, but the “Courtroom Double Feature” of “Twelve Angry Men” as the original teleplay for Studio One and “The Defender” is included in Prime. 12 Angry Men (1954) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ By today’s standards, the black and…

[kaijuno]

I found an interesting movie.

This movie, Lowlife, from 2017, starring absolutely no one you've ever heard of before, is bad ass. Its like Breaking Bad if it was directed by Robert Rodriquez.

The movie is about a group of lowlives, a drug addict, an ex con, a luchador wrestler and a neo nazi, who team up to stop a human trafficking ring run out of a taco shop.

This movie has done something I've never seen before - One of the characters is a Neo-Nazi Skinhead who turns out to actually be one of the best characters in the whole movie with one of the greatest character arcs I've ever seen. Its funny and also pretty dark at times, oozing style.

The director hasn't made anything since, but here's hoping that he makes more like this soon. Apparently, all the actors and crew are his friends. This is an ultra low budget movie, but it doesn't even show - Production value is on point.

EDIT: It is on Prime and AMC+ In North America, maybe other countries. It was on Tubi at one point, might come back. There are new copies in eBay of the blu ray and DVD. And there's also "other methods" if everything else fails you .

[scrunkly-week]

the character graveyard — a creator's lament

a wall of snow keeps you hidden, it's true.

my hands tainted. I buried you all myself.

some of you live, just barely, breathing through a straw in your graves. an illusion of existence.

some of you never had the chance. your lives extinguished before you could fully form.

massacre.

your god has not forsaken you, I plead.

though I am god and she is merciless. by circumstance, not design.

I come to acknowledge you. you forgotten ones, the ones I hid, the ones who died by my hand and the ones who fizzled from existence before I could reach them. I gather you here today. to recognise you. mourn you. immortalise you.

I raise my chalice to each of you.

here's to the faceless ones. the ones I never named. the ones who had nothing but a name. a vibe. a role. a disembodied something. you hadn't enough love or care. I'm sorry.

here's to the fleeting ones. ones who existed in passing. to assist another's narrative. to enhance the world.

lindsay, erin bray, lynn clerke, jarrod holman. alli, nicole, cam, daniel, alisha. javin daxar, ellin daxar, dalen daxar, damon daxar, kara quillan, zaiden. daron ferris, charlie reid. lennard rose, elisabeth rose, elli. deyan thomson. lucia. sophie, caleb. jeremiah, chris, lukas, troy jackson, zach, linda, mr. woods. kere lockhart. aric jeweller. andrea, stefano. reece, john, demetrius rodriquez, seth reeves. aria, aaron, william, matthew, gaeldon, jonah. julia. sigrae, cassirean, king pyrest of emberia, hakan. dayell, carr kepnar. conrad, mr. stevens, steph, lilian maxwell, evie, vida, erica, david, olivia, andrew, dexter badd, marianne, charles wickham, katherine wickham, james wickham, raiden, calvin, darlene. therese matton, henri matton, geneve matton, madeline matton, mathieu matton, talon debois, lloyd hawthorne. morgan hawksley, aaron hawksley, marcus walters, cassidy donaldson. evan callaghan, mildred callaghan. arthur drover, sybilla drover, harriet drover, vera dustinborough, victoria darkwood, bethly violet, eliphalet lushington, emma. erysibe, kirkos. guiletta lanese, donato lanese, ottavio lanese, benedetto lanese, pietro lanese, vincenzo lanese, matteo lanese, annetta fornari, stefano fornari, adriana fornari, carlo fornari, francesco fornari, augusto fornari, adele sozzi, bettina aliotti, ciro, salvatore sallucci. edmond wickerman, rosalind wickerman, elias starling, hubert cornell.

here's to the strange ones. the 'I made you just because' ones.

scalene, nikia goodrich, ami ruff, riesa gentry and co., zachary bliss, janae lombardi, dawn watts, jay spear, lea cantrell, danny light. cardinal, scar. harmony/chaos. leighton, josh. nick joyce, rosalinda joyce, jasper joyce. emilee, ashli, nadine kathy hemingway.

here's to the old ones. the ones I left behind as I myself grew older.

timothy, kimberly, ash, connor. zoe. gabey mal'lie. raina hardin. zariah mika rose. karli hayes, shaun roberts. bella davis. milaa lockhart. mabel. queen heresa. tāne miller. victor.

here's to the ones who never reached anything past the development stage.

iris. olive. phoenix mars, rose earthen, gem airborne, luna moonbeam, leon king, mattias grey, venus greenwood, scarlet rust, sage bluest, amalthea browner, rialta silverton, jupiter violet. princess seraphine of emberia. the assassin, prophet, serenity. valentino, theokles, fabiola fornari, blair aiden hawksley, james robert callaghan, ruby starling.

here's to the ones I invested my time in, who I write one or two prose pieces and umpteen handfuls of rambles for, only to leave you by the wayside to crumble to dust.

vivian edwards, lucille matton, luciana lanese, alaric joseph drover, alexander wickerman, jinx the kea, hamid, sahar.

here's to my future creations, who may inevitably fall under one of these categories.

the wall of snow may keep you hidden. but I promise, you'll never be forgotten.

Submitted by: our lovely friend, Bee

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☆ this is hauntingly sweet and I utterly love it !! What a good way to pay your respects to all of these characters <3 I raise my chalice alongside you, to toast to their lives

[jimsmovieworld]

THE FACULTY- 1998 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of my favourite 90s movies.

A group of students at Herrington high school in Ohio start to suspect something is seriously wrong with the faculty at their school.

A new species (alien) is found on the football field, and suddenly everyone is acting strange and cant get enough water. What gives?

Thats exactly what they aim to find out.

What makes The Faculty great?

Its a very fun blend of horror, thriller and scifi. Although the films main influence is "Invasion of the body snatchers", many other films are referenced.

The Scene where they all do Zekes homemade drug "Scat" is a reference to the blood test scene in The Thing.

As with pretty much any movie that came out in the late 90s, Scream had a big influence on it.

The script for The Faculty had been kicking around for a while with no buyer. After the success of Scream, Mirimax bought it and hired Scream writer Kevin Williamson to do a rewrite.

Williamson was originally also going to direct but turned it down to direct "Teaching Mrs Tingle", the role of director then went to Robert Rodriquez.

The music for The Faculty is also done by Marco Beltrami who did the soundtrack for Scream.

The Faculty grossed 63 million dollars on a 15 million dollar budget

The Faculty is a very light hearted and fun movie. The opening ten minutes at the high school set this up. Theres like five fights in a row its hilarious. Lots of sharp and funny dialogue in the film.

On this rewatch i was particularly entertained by the recurring couple that are constantly fighting each other (until they get taken over).

The guy is played by Scary Movie and Meet the Parents actor Jon Abrahams.

The villain in this movie is a queen alien who came to earth to control humans and take over as her planet started to die. So the fact anyone can be taken over leads to a lot of good moments and intrigue about who is still human. My favourite out of the faculty in the film is the Coach played by Robert Patrick. Hes so fucking funny in this film, just the way he stares at people cracks me up.

The strongest part of the film for me is the excellent cast and great main characters.

Josh Hartnett is great as Zeke, a very smart guy whos too busy selling porn tapes and drugs to pay attention in school.

MaryBeth, a real sweetheart who is new in school.

Elijah Wood as Casey, the school nerd who is the first to suspect somethings wrong.

Jordana Brewster as Delilah. Head Cheerleader and grade A bitch, (actually she can be cool sometimes). Charisma Carpenter was offered the role of Delilah but thought it was too close to her role of Cordelia on Buffy so turned it down.

Shawn Hatosy is also good as Stan.

Love the couples that emerge in this film. An odd or unlikely couple in a film when done right is always nice to see. This film does it three times with Zeke and Marybeth, Casey and Delilah and Stan and Stokely. And it works!

Saving the best for last. My favourite part of this film is Stokely played by Clea Duvall. Always been my favourite character in this film and one of my favourite movie goths of all time.

Stokely is smart, resourceful and did i mention shes a hot goth? Give me a break!

After this very enjoyable rewatch of The Faculty id like to officially induct Clea Duvall into the jimsmovieworld hall of fame.

[theharpermovieblog]

#HARPERSMOVIECOLLECTION

2023

I re-watched Desperado (1995)

After watching a shitty action movie that bored me to tears I decided to watch an action movie that entertained me a lot as a kid, to see if it still entertained me.

The Mariachi, carrying a guitar case full of weapons, goes after a brutal drug lord named Bucho.

I don't love Robert Rodriguez as a director. I think he has a 50/50 record. El Mariachi, his first film, is definitely an amazing use of a meager budget. Both From Dusk Till Dawn and Planet Terror are fun and ridiculous horror films. But, movies like Machete and Once Upon A Time In Mexico are dissapointing to say the least. Rodriguez's strength has never been story. He does his best work by making things fun and exciting and throwing in cool over the top ideas to make up for lackluster writing. Sometimes that mixture doesn't turn out well.

Desperado is probably his best moment. The sequel to El Mariachi, which was good but not enough, and the prequel to Once Upon A Time In Mexico, which was bad and way too much.

The best and most solid writing comes in the beginning. Steve Buscemi walks into a Mexican bar and regaling and scaring the patrons with a tall tale about the Mariachi. It's a damn good scene and an interesting way to enter the world of this film. From there it's just cool ideas and action sequences. Not exactly a bad thing, but not exactly a plot driven film. At one point Rodriguez tries to throw in the idea that the Bad Guy is The Mariachi's brother, but it's an afterthought and pretty pointless. He also throws out the idea that there is more than one Mariachi and a few of them actually show up, to be quickly killed off and that's a pretty pointless bit too.

Desperado is a western. A Mexican western and action film to be precise. A loner hero strolls into town to take out the big bad who has a stranglehold on the people. There isn't much more to it than that and we don't need more. There are nice touches that replace plot throughout. Little flashes of stuff going on that do manage to do some world building and some minor character development.

Antonio Banderas as the Mariachi is just plain cool. He plays it cool and fills the character with little hints of suffering and personality. The supporting cast is also a joy. Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Question Tarantino, Salma Hayek and a little bit of Danny Trejo looking menacing. All of them making this a better experience.

The action is ridiculous, violent and fun. There's a lot of the 1990's in this film, as well as a lot seriously over the top stuff that turns this into a comic book of a movie. There is no care if something looks impossible or dumb, if it seemed cool to Robert Rodriquez at the time, it made it into the film.

The overall sense of fun makes up for the many missteps. It's an undeniably good time. Although, the lack of a well thought out story does cause some lag. There isn't enough here to give the movie very high stakes, which I suppose is why Rodriguez tacked on the "Brother" story out of nowhere. And, toward the end everything starts falling apart. The movie even leaves you with a few questions. Like, after Mariachi kills his brother, how did he escape the compound? The movie doesn't tell you, it just fades to white and then we are somewhere else entirely. Like wtf is that? The movie has problems, for sure and for something so simple it gets pretty messy.

Movies don't need to be perfect. Directors don't need to be perfect. Writing doesn't need to be perfect. The basic point of movies is to entertain and Desperado is entertaining, even though it could have been much better if more thought out.

[godempworm]

Why is it okay to criticize every other Star Wars show except for Andor? Like I get the brick and nail thing like fuck that guy who criticized Andor for those, but what Gilroy has been saying is just insulting to every other creator and director. I am not okay with that like he got lucky with his huge budget let’s also not forget 24 whole episodes to build it up.

I know I keep on going on about this, but his behavior has been absolute arrogant towards directors like Deb Chow and Robert Rodriquez who’ve been not so fortunate. What they had to work with they made it to work with smaller budgets plus not guaranteed two season shows, which shouldn’t be held against them. Hell, if The Mandalorian wasn’t so successful with The Volume there wouldn’t be an Andor show.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 1.19

Beer Birthdays

James Watt (1736)

George Bechtel (1841)

Frank Reisch (1842)

Frank H. Bechaud (1848)

Henry “Zadie” Benesch (1920)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Lester Flatt; bluegrass musician (1914)

Janis Joplin; rock singer (1943)

Richard Lester; film director (1932)

Robert MacNeil; journalist (1931)

Tom Yeates; cartoonist (1955)

Famous Birthdays

Ursula Andress; actor (1936)

Julian Barnes; writer (1946)

Henry Bessemer; engineer, inventor (1813)

Paul Cezanne; French painter (1839)

Auguste Comte; French philosopher (1798)

Michael Crawford; actor (1942)

Phil Everly; pop singer (1939)

Shelley Fabres; singer, actor (1944)

Terry Hanratty; Pittsburgh Steelers QB (1948)

Tippi Hedren; actor (1935)

Patricia Highsmith; writer (1921)

Alfrederick Joyner; olympic triple jumper (1960)

Ken Keyes; writer (1921)

Dogen Kigen; Japanese spiritual leader (1200)

Robert E. Lee; Confederate general (1807)

Paul McCrane; actor (1961)

Mohammed; spiritual leader (570)

Robert Palmer; rock musician (1949)

Dolly Parton; country singer (1946)

Edgar Allan Poe; poet, writer (1809)

Simon Rattle; conductor (1955)

Paul Rodriquez; comedian (1955)

Katey Sagal; actor (1954)

Junior Seau; San Diego Chargers LB (1969)

Lysander Spooner; philosopher (1808)

Jean Stapleton; actor (1923)

Isaiah Thomas; printer, patriot (1749)

James Watt; scientist, inventor (1736)

Shawn Wayans; actor (1971)

Fritz Weaver; actor (1926)

Alexander Woollcott; writer (1887)

[ulkaralakbarova]

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: El Mariachi: Carlos Gallardo Domino: Consuelo Gómez Bigotón: Jaime de Hoyos Mauricio: Peter Marquardt Azul: Reinol Martinez Cantinero: Ramiro Gómez Viejo Clerk: Jesús López Domino’s Assistant: Luis Baró The Boy: Oscar Fabila Azul’s Rat: Poncho Ramon Azul’s Rat: Fernando Martinez Bodyguard: Manuel Acosta Prisoner: Walter Vargas Prisoner: Roberto Martinez Female Bodyguard: Virgen Delgado Female Bodyguard: Juanita Vargas Female Bodyguard: Yolanda Puga Moco’s Man: Jaime Rodriguez Moco’s Man: Luis Cadena Moco’s Man: Afredo Martínez Moco’s Man: Gerardo Jaquez Moco’s Man: Mario Mata Moco’s Man: Daniel Delgado Moco’s Man: Rosendo Ortiz Moco’s Man: Cesar Cadena Moco’s Man: Jose Salinas Moco’s Man: Robert Santoyo Moco’s Man: Sabas Perez Moco’s Man: Guadenico Martin Moco’s Man: Juan Garcia Moco’s Man: Maximo Martin Moco’s Man: DiFonso Quezada Moco’s Man: Manuel Vejor Keyboardist: Alfredo Cisneros Piña / Loco: Alejandro Peña Taco: Israel Reyes Moco’s Manicurist: Clara Scott Jail Guard: María Castillo Jail Guard: Samuel Quiroz Jail Guard: Roberto Delgado School Bus Driver: Fermin Barron La Tortuga: Tito Tortuga Film Crew: Still Photographer: Robert Rodriguez Associate Producer: Elizabeth Avellan Dolly Grip: Carlos Gallardo Music: Eric Guthrie Music: Chris Knudson Music: Álvaro Rodríguez Music: Cecilio Rodríguez Music: Mark Trujillo Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gregory H. Watkins Digital Colorist: Marc Wielage Colorist: Richard Garibaldi Dolly Grip: Roberto Martinez Associate Producer: Carmen M. De Gallardo Carpenter: Mario Gonzales Stunt Coordinator: Mario Hernández Stunt Coordinator: Manuel Salinas Vocals: Juan Francisco Suarez Vidaurri Movie Reviews: insidemovies84: Filmed in 1992 and being Robert Rodriquez’s film debut this is a film about a guitar player whom walk into town at the same time a gangster shoots up some dudes in a bar wearing same clothes so at first it’s a case of Mistaken identity but then I believe the Mariachi guy just kind of falls into the role of the renegade assassin that takes out the man running the streets or so he thinks… falling in love with the bosses girl… I thought this film was poetic, romantic and tragic all at the same time… I got a kick out of a scene where the dude’s in Domino’s tub as she holds a gun on him and forces him to sing… the song he sings was racy but supposedly an original of his… the film starred Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Peter Marquardt and Reinol Martinez. An interesting look at a criminal organization no necessarily organized, a raw slice of life piece if independent structure and I feel well paced for it’s low budget. I recommend to see.

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[raybizzle]

 John Carpenter. Robert Rodriquez

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[horrorauthorbobgunner]

Besides my Paranormal Novel "House of Tears", my co-writer, Adriane Miller, and I are close to having two feature spec screenplays ready to pitch when the strikes are settled. One is an Action/Romcom in the spirit of Quinton Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez titled "An Almost Perfect Day", and another Paranormal offering titled "Eye of the Storm" about a haunted Hospice.

I am also possibly going to have a third one based on my best-selling novel "Last Summer of the Drive-in Movies" ready to pitch as well, depending on how long it takes for the unions and studios to settle on fair agreements.

"House of Tears" will be my best work I truly believe. It has truly challenged me to be at my best creatively.