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"Roadracers": The Making of a Degenerate Hot Rod Flick
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Product Description
The film "Roadracers" is a homage to the juvenile delinquent films of the 1950s. Robert Rodriguez took the title from the original film and fashioned his own in a way that is much darker and much more ironic than the original. In this book he provides an account of the making of his film.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #945716 in Books
- Published on: 1999-03-01
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Customer Reviews
Rodriguez shows us how filmmaking is really done
Robert Rodriguez's follow-up to his very inspiring book on filmmaking "Rebel Without A Crew", concentrates on the first film he directed after his break-out film "El Mariachi". The film was a made-for-TV cable movie called "Roadracers".
Like the previous book, Rodriguez tells us of the pains and frustrations of filmmaking. But, he tells us the stresses of not producing a film by yourself, but by making them with a crew that can prove its incompetence.
He tells you in this book that you don't have to let the crew pull you down, but can use the techniques that he talked about in "Crew" and get better results!
It's a shorter book than "Crew", but like that one, this is inspiring to read. And the shooting script of "Roadracers", which is included at the end, is a fun read.
If you were inspired by his "Rebel Without a Crew" book, this one will only add fuel to that burning fire. Check this out.
This book is Brilliant
Robert Rodriguez really has written a wonderfull book here. It's just so interesting reading about how the film making process is done from the very beginning right through to how it did when released. All with Rodriguez's individuality and not going by the book methods. The film Roadracers is my favorite of all his films so far and reading this you just makes you love it more. But not only does this book follow the making of this film, but really tells of a point in Rodriguez's career which was very important, and such things as how the deal with Miramax came about that he calls "going over to the dark side". If you like Robert Rodriguez's work, buy this book.
