Talk:Robert Rodriguez

Picture

I think there is a serious problem with the picture, considering that you can't see most of his face. Anyone have a pic to put up instead, as I think this one just looks unencyclopedic and should be taken down ASAP. Chris b shanks 21:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction

This article contradicts itself. It says that he enjoyed his first 100,000,000 dollar movie with spy kids. But later on states that none of his movies have ever been budgeted at over 40 million. Perhaps the former sentence means that the movie grossed 100 million, but if so, this should be made clearer as it's a little confusing.

Old comments

Rodriguez has five children; Rocket, Racer, Rebel, and Rogue.

This is only four.

Is this $700 figure right? I remember seeing a figure around $10,000. Which seems more likely for the making of an ultra-low budget film, but absolutely unlikely if we are to believe that the film's principal financing came from Robert Rodriguez' plasma.--KoyaanisQatsi

It says $7'000 on my paperback "Rebel without a crew Or How a Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player". Of course, it must have been more money, but I wrote "according to legend". User:Wathiik

Sorry, I was responding to an earlier revision which had a figure of seven hundred dollars, not seven thousand. $7,000 is believable; I guess though that the source of financing still isn't.  :-D --KQ

my mistake... i corrected it AFTER your comment! sorry... ! wathiik

One famous director that was inspired by this book is Kevin Smith

who said he got the idea for Clerks after being inspired by the book and following a section that talked about using what you have, in Smith's case, he has full access to the quick stop

 Actually, Kevin stated that it was Slacker that made him want to make movies. He said that Rebel Without a Crew simply inspired him to write Clerks. based on what he had access to. RyanGFilm (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Can he never direct movies again?

I don't understand one thing ... just because Bob resigned from the Directors' Guild (which I think was a very honorable thing to do), does that mean his right to work and earn a living as a movie director has been snuffed out by the Guild? If so, the guild would appear to be an extremely ugly & evil orgnaisation indeed. But I find this very hard to believe. Could someone who knows please clarify this situation?

He can still direct movies (as he did Sin City), but not with the major studios since they have exclusive agreements to only use DGA directors in their pictures. This probably limits his options a bit, but he is well known enough that he can probably make the movies he wants to make. George Lucas and Quentin Tarrantino are also not DGA members, and they manage to make a living --James 03:20, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Unnecessary Quentin Tarantino Reference

I would like to know if anybody would mind if the "guest director" credit in the Sin City Filmography got removed. Although Quentin Tarantino did direct a small scene; he really didn't contribute anything to the content of the movie. To place his credit along side Miller and Rodriguez (who are the true "authors") is misleading and only serves bolster Tarantino fanboys and help market the movie. If that credit should be displayed at all it should be in the Trivia section of the Sin City page; not on the Rodriguez page. User:Comedian_x

Agreed. QT's role in making the film was so small that there is no need to list it here alongside the real directors. --Misterwindupbird 03:15, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Disagree. Rodriguez felt it appropriate to include him in the credits. Dynayellow 23:06, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

True, he is in the credits, and that should be indicated on any Sin City page or credit list. However, I was talking about whether it was needed in the RR filmography, since you can argue that there wasn't really any co-directing going on as there was with Frank Miller. Comedian x 08:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Point of fact, QT only "directed" the one scene. But after he finished his actual work, he hung around and helped out for much of the remaining production. In the same way that Frank Miller wasn't literally behind the camera, but had a serious input in the making of the film, Tarantino only sat behind it once, but hung around with his friend and helped him make artistic decisions for a long period of time. On the DVD, it even includes Frank Miller saying that he really didn't understand directing until Tarantino was around, because Rob does so much besides directing that the actual directing gets lost in translation.

Shark Boy

Shark Boy and Lava Girl didn't "die" at the box office, it was just mediocre. The whole passage on Shark Boy and Lava Girl in this article consists of poorly-written and poorly-punctuated sentences. AnonMoos 07:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Bob calls himself a movie-maker

In the commentary on the Spy Kids 2 DVD, Bob says he is a movie-maker not a flim-maker, because he shoots in HD. Timothy Clemans 00:08, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Tarantino similarities are not COLLABORATIONS

• There is a scene in Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 2 where Elle Driver's head is being pushed into a toilet bowl. Elle eventually reaches up and flushes the toilet. There is a very similar scene in Rodriquez's Sin City where Jackie Boy's head is also being pushed into a toilet bowl. Jackie Boy attempts to flush the bowl, but this time Dwight pushes Jackie Boy's hand away, so he can suffer some more.
• In the segment Rodriguez directed in Four Rooms, "The Misbehavers", Ted the Bellhop gets a large needle stuck in his thigh. In Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 The Bride also gets a needle stuck in her thigh. Both character's reactions are acted out very similarly.

I took these down. They are merely scenes that are similar in two of their movies, not instances where they worked together Mfishrules 22:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree, that the Sin City reference is coincidence mainly because that came from the graphic novels first, however RR and OT did collaborate on Four Rooms and that could be a homage to RR (OT does love his homages) and could point to a theoretical collaboration, in the loosest definition of the word. Comedian x 07:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Bedhead

User:Christopherglez81 has changed the sentence Finally, in the fall of 1990, his entry in a local film contest earned him a spot in the university's film program where he made the award-winning 16mm short, "Bedhead." to say that it was an 8mm short. However, a quick Google search turned up several sites referring to it as a 16mm short, for instance, this one: [1]. If this is incorrect, would someone fix it and cite a source? Otherwise, Christopher, stop changing it to say "8mm." FreplySpang 19:18, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Filmography

I updated the styling for Robert's filmography, as well as the order. If someone can fill in any other missing information, by all means. Don the Dev 05:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

In the personal life section it just mentions "confirmed his relationship with McGowan" with no reference to who she is or how they met. Her first name isn't even mentioned.

I've fixed this. McGowan is Rose McGowan. On June 14th, 68.117.211.187 removed (without explanation) a sourced section that preceded this and had a wiki-link to McGowan. I've restored it. 64.0.112.133 02:29, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Curandero

It should be mentioned that Robert wrote the script for the movie Curandero, were Carlos Gallardo plays the lead character. Said movie was directed by Eduardo Rodriguez (relation?). The weird thing about this movie is that it was suppoused to come out on 2005, but in the official site it says Coming soon... There are also some others Robert/Gallardo collaborations that should be investigated. 63.161.232.172 01:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

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Robert or Roberto ?

It doesn't add to the knowledge of many and I know that in the States you can decide to be names "Donald Duck" tomorrow if you want, but I thought that Robert's first name was actually Roberto and that what he signed El Mariachi. Shouldn't we add something like Robert (a.k.a. Roberto) ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.151.50 (talk) 20:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Articles to use

• Will Hodgkinson (04-11-2001). "'I'm probably the only guy who really enjoys being in the movies'". The Guardian. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Here's something helpful if anyone's interested in turning this article into GA status. An interview he did 13 years ago about a few unrealized projects and just his career in general

Correct orthography

I'm sorry to point this out... but, in the article, there are 53 occurrences of the spelling Rodriguez (no accent mark on the "i") and 37 occurrences of Rodríguez (accent mark on the "i", thus following the Spanish orthography). What should we do? Are there any references or sources mentioning if whether or not the Spanish orthography has to be followed in this case? Kintaro (talk) 20:22, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

• On the article for Wikipedia:Diacritical marks, it says, "Whenever the most common spelling in English-language reliable sources is the person's real name, or the name with the diacritical marks simply omitted, the proper name (with the diacritics) is normally used. Exceptions include some historical persons (as foreign personal names were often anglicized in the past) and naturalized citizens who have adopted a different spelling of their name. Weight can and should also be given to the preference of the living subject (compare to capitalization: danah boyd)." There are then examples of using non-diacritical names with people who have anglicized names or have adopted "naturalized" spellings. His official Twitter, IMDb page, as well as sites like Film Reference, FridayMoviez all use the non-diacritic version. In his book 'Rebel Without a Crew', he is credited and copyrighted with no accent. I would say leave the accent in the "born as" section in his biography and any source that uses the accent, but I'm going to use simply "Rodriguez" in any other use.--D1119 (talk) 23:55, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Unreferenced material removed

Per WP:OR and WP:V, I have taken out portions of this article that had no sources. If someone wants to re-add these sections with proper verifiable sources, please make sure that any tables have captions and proper semantics. Let me know if I can help. Thanks. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:23, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Roadracers

Is there a reason this article contains no mention or reference to the television movie Roadracers? 208.97.221.170 (talk) 22:42, 23 February 2023 (UTC)