Today’s film is the 1991 short Bedhead. The film marks the debut work of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, who directed, and co-wrote the film with Bryant Delafosse, as well as acting as cinematographer and editor, among other jobs. Rodriguez soon broke into feature films with El Mariachi, and has gone on to a career that has included films such as From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, and one half of the Grindhouse feature, titled Planet Terror. His newest film, titled Machete Kills, opens in wide release in American theatres this weekend.
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- 10/13/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. It’s a sad day for Robert Rodriguez. His latest movie, Machete Kills, is a dud at the box office with his lowest wide-release opening of all time. Yes, even lower than Shorts. But if the Machete sequel is neither good nor popular, that doesn’t mean we can’t spend this weekend enjoying Rodriguez’s other work. Specifically, let’s go back to the beginning and check out his first film. No, not El Mariachi. Before even that landmark low-budget breakout, he made an 8-minute short while a student at the University of Texas called Bedhead. Made in 1990 with an $800 budget and employing his siblings as the cast and other relatives as the crew, Rodriguez co-wrote the script with brother David (also the title character) and friend Bryant Delafosse. He...
- 10/13/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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