Named One of The Hollywood Reporter’s “100 Greatest Film Books of All Time”. Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City Once Upon a Time in Mexico Spy Kids Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. Part prod