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10 unusual facts about Robert Rodriguez


Caótica Ana

As with Lucía, this film has been shot in HD, using the Sony HDC-950, the same camera used by Robert Rodriguez to film his Sin City.

Class of '99

These four musicians collaborated to cover Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (as well as "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)") for the soundtrack to Robert Rodriguez's 1998 science-fiction horror film, The Faculty.

Jack Falls

Based on the graphic novel of the same title by Paul Tanter, the movie is a contemporary film noir shot in London in high contrast black and white with splashes of colour particularly reminiscent of the Robert Rodriguez film Sin City, but with a harder, grittier edge.

Jon Wayne

Their song, "Texas Funeral", appeared in Robert Rodriguez's film "From Dusk Till Dawn" as well as the song "I've Got Texas" in the film "American Strays".

Mexploitation

Director Robert Rodriguez in recent times has been considered a pioneer of Mexploitation in the United States.

Nazis at the Center of the Earth

In his commentary director Joseph J. Lawson cites as his visual influences Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, John Landis, David Lean, J.J. Abrams and Robert Rodriguez.

Randy Falco

In 2013, Univision announced the launch of El Rey, a new network geared towards young-adult audiences led by Robert Rodriguez.1.

The Puppet Masters

The 1998 film The Faculty, directed by Robert Rodriguez from a Kevin Williamson screenplay, is about a fictional high school at which the faculty and staff become taken over by alien parasites.

White Light/Violet Sauce

The song features a cameo from Sin City director, Robert Rodriguez, who can be heard saying "Welcome to Sin City" in a distorted voice.

WISeKey

WISeKey recently partnered with Dimension Films and Troublemaker Studios to develop the Spy Kids: All the Time in the World mobile app, for the fourth installment of the action series by acclaimed film-maker Robert Rodriguez.


Earl and Edgar McGraw

They appear in several feature films by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, including the From Dusk till Dawn franchise, Kill Bill Volume 1, and in various works from the Grindhouse project.

Ewelina Lukaszewska

Lukaszewska is currently rumored to portray Vikki in the film Machete Kills directed by Robert Rodriguez and Veronika in "The App Killer" directed by Pau Masó.

Southwest Alternate Media Project

SWAMP also recognized and supported the work of now noted filmmakers Richard Linklater, Robert Rodriguez, and Jane Campion.