2025-04-02
1 小时 44 分钟Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs, this is Tim Ferriss.
Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss show where it is my job to interview world class performers to break down how they do what they do,
what are the frameworks, tools, influences,
so on and so forth that have helped make them who they are.
My guest today is back at long last.
He is one of my most requested guests for a follow up.
Robert Rodriguez.
He is a film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and composer.
He does everything, absolutely everything.
And to give you an idea of the genesis, while a student at the University of Texas at Austin, Utah.
Austin, that's right here in my backyard.
In 1991,
Rodriguez wrote the script to his first feature film
while sequestered at a drug research facility as a paid subject in a clinical experiment.
I'm not making that up.
That paycheck covered the cost of shooting his $7,000 film, El Mariachi,
which won the coveted audience award at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and became the lowest budget movie ever released by a major studio.
If you want the full story on that,
listen to our first conversation, which you can find in the show notes.
Rodriguez wrote about these experiences in Rebel Without a a perennial guide for the independent filmmaker.