Robert Rodriguez is a legendary filmmaker and creator of Sin City, El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn, Alita: Battle Angel, The Faculty, and his newest venture Brass Knuckle Films.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) - Introduction
(10:04) - Explosions and having only one take
(17:39) - Success and failure
(26:28) - Filmmaking on a low budget
(38:41) - El Mariachi
(50:10) - Creativity
(1:12:06) - Limitations
(1:18:22) - Handling criticism
(1:34:32) - Action films
(1:45:53) - Quentin Tarantino
(1:55:52) - Desperado
(1:56:54) - Salma Hayek
(2:01:40) - Danny Trejo
(2:06:55) - Filming in Austin
(2:13:05) - Editing
(2:22:35) - Sound design
(2:27:43) - Deadlines
(2:31:14) - Alita: Battle Angel
(2:39:36) - James Cameron
(2:52:39) - Sin City
(3:06:48) - Manifesting
(3:18:12) - Memories and journaling
(3:27:56) - Mortality
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9:19
dave kisses so much ass, copied lex saying "sexy" about a issue and he needs to take a breath, my god
10:27
i listen almost all your podcast and you are amazing. but i think when you speak with Zionist person you afraid of your placement and dont challenge him with owful crime of zionist people on Gaza. i suggest the person how listen to podcast search on web with Gaza and see what is going on and what crime these criminal people do. some hundred thousand people are in famine in gaza and no one said any thing about this. please be critic of policy makers. please stop war against women and children.
love the style of orating that Lex applies to his method of communicating the sum of his brains electrical activity... very unique...
very informative, thank you
dont ever change your speaking style my man ... its priceless.... 🖐️🙉🙉🙉🙉
9:10
lex Friedman is smart but very naive Dave Smith is just a plain idiot who refuses to acknowledge reality when it stabs him in the heart kicks him in the face and blows up his children restaurants cafes and fires thousands of rockets monthly into Israel. I know how he would feel and think if he lived under the reign of those rockets
слушаешь первые 10-15 минут и думаешь, какая божественная дичь. а потом понимаешь, что это британец и все встаёт на свои места.
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These two don't understand that a non-autocratic government is inherently corrupt and wasteful. It should therefore be made as small as possible. Failure (eg rural broadband) is the norm. Fridman should've challenged their assumptions, eg why did Biden's handlers reject Starlink? Like many lefties, these guys can yap, but they just don't understand how the world works.
re: zelensky, respect, and understanding attitudes towards it all...some of us are tired of recurring demands and obvious feelings of entitlement. Some of us don't hold the same globalist view nor feel it necessary to coddle. (and in no way is this encouragement for wasted time or questions in mtgs aimed at resolution)
Start 09:29
So take a SFH zone and just randomly build 10 story apartment complexes. what a clown
no wonder lex was fasting during his trip. the only chance not to get diarrhea in india is fasting
20 min of ads? bananas
Lex Fridman's Lux PR agency. what a shame.
omg 5 hours!! you guys didn't get tired?
Start 10:26