Focus Film:
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My main focus film will be El Miriachi, Rodriquez’s first feature length movie.
Related Films: I will also study [Source 19]Machete and [Source 20]Desperado. Machete is Rodriquez latest action film, whilst Desperado was his second in the ‘Miriachi trilogy’
Internet:
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Imdb.com – This website will show all of Rodriguez’s movies and also some that are in production. It will also allow me to check each movie he has made and see the total gross and success of the movie. It also shows the awards he has won over his career. The website also links articles about Rodriguez from other websites, this will help hugely with my research.
Source 2
Website interview explaining the connection of El Miriachi and Desperado. This also talks about Desperado and From Dusk til Dawn.
http://industrycentral.net/director_interviews/RR01.HTM
Source 3
Wikipedia – This website will give me a lot of information on Rodriguez however some may not be valid as anyone can update and change the information on the page.
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Twitter – Robert Rodriguez’s twitter could come in handy as it’s update by Rodriguez only. This will let me see what he has planned for the future if he will be sticking to his action packed movies.
Books:
Source 5
Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player – This book is actually Rodriguez’s diary from when he created El Miriachi. It shows you the effort he put into the film, how he made it so cheap and how it got so big. It also has a 10 minute film school at the back and the original screen write for El Miriachi.
Magazine Articles:
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http://collider.com/machete-interview-robert-rodriguez-danny-trejo/46291/
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Magazine report, Sin City
Newspapers:
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/25/machete-review
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El Miriachi Review NYTimes
DVD Extras:
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Part 2
Film School on El Mariachi
This shows how Rodriguez kept his budget so low and how he used his creative and technical skills to develop El Mariachi
Television:
INTERVIEWS
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In this interview Robert Rodriguez talks about the start of Machete. Michelle talks about her role in the movie also.
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This interview is with Danny Trejo (Machete) and Robert Rodriguez, they talk about how long they have had the idea for and why they ended up filming the movie. Rodriguez said without the fans driving him to make this movie it probably wouldn't of been created.
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Robert Rodriguez talks on how he adapted to digital instead of film.
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Ten minute film school
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Comic con
Others
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Rodriguez Biography Online
Bedhead
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