I am driving for this big extradionary career in something that I love. I work absurd hours to get to this dream career and as a result my relationships with family and friends falter. Sometimes I just get to that point where I think maybe my dream is too big, maybe I'll never reach it.
Maybe I will settle and become a video production high school teacher? That one thought of settling shakes me out of the moment of nothingness and makes me think of those great filmmakers who came from nothing and who gave everything to get to where they are today.
It makes me think of Robert Rodriguez, who was almost kicked out of the University of Texas at Austin film school and who sold his body to medical experiments to pay for the film that put him on the map. A film he shot during his summer break for practice: El Mariachi.
He went to the extremes for his art and since his debut film El Mariachi has made a wide assortment of films.
Filmmakers like Rodriguez give every aspiring filmmaker a small grain of hope to hold onto.
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| El Mariachi the film that put Rodriguez on the map |
Various grind-house films Rodriguez has made since his debut.
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