468 El Mariachi (1992)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
468 El Mariachi (1992)
- This film initially cost $7000 to make. Director 'Robert Rodriguez' (qv)
raised $3,000 of the $7,000 by volunteering to be a human ``laboratory
rat''. He was used to test a cholesterol reducing drug. Paid $100 a day for
30 days, he wrote most of the script while locked in the lab.
'Peter Marquardt' (qv) was a fellow ``rat'', but could not speak Spanish. He
delivered his lines from card held in his hand or out of shot. Most of the
$7,000 was spent on film for the camera. The version seen in most cinemas
has had approximately $1 million of post-production work and promotion
behind it.
- Rodriguez claims the other actors were ``innocent'' passers by. He gave them
lines as and when they were needed.
- For the moving camera shots, Rodriguez sat in a broken hospital wheelchair
and was pushed around.
- The movie was intended to go ``straight to video''.
- Sound was recorded with an ordinary cassette recorder and mike. The sequence
with the pit bull terrier was shot specifically so that Rodriguez could
synchronize the sound with the picture later.
- Rodriguez says he made the movie to ``practise''.
- Rodriguez was producer, director, writer, special-effect man, etc, the only
job he didn't do was act, as there would be no one else to operate the
camera.
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