Description
Book SynopsisWith insightful analysis of films ranging from El Mariachi to Spy Kids 4 and Machete Kills, as well as a lively interview in which the filmmaker discusses his career, here is the first scholarly overview of the work of Robert Rodriguez, the most successful U.S. Latino filmmaker today.
Trade ReviewAldama does more than hit his marks: he has created an exhilarating, accessible and much-needed study of one of the most inventive and multifaceted directors to come along during the last thirty years. It is a ‘must read’ for anyone who wishes to become a filmmaker or who simply loves movies. * La Bloga *
Table of 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
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El Mariachi (1992)
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Desperado (1995)
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
- Regenerative Aesthetics of Degenerate Genres
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From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
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The Faculty (1998)
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Familia Redefined, Chocolate Rivers, Rainbow Rocks, Dreamscapes, and S'mores
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Spy Kids 1 (2001)
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
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Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011)
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)
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Shorts (2009)
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Tour de Noir Comic-Book Film
- Otherworldly Mutants, Bandidas, Borderland Vigilantes . . . Fight Back
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Planet Terror (2007)
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Machete (2010)
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Machete Kills (2013)
- It's a Wrap
- Interview with Robert Rodriguez
- Filmography
- References
- Index
