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$40 million dollar budget/'Saving a country'


I remember reading an interview with Rodriguez (This was right after
he made "El Mariachi") where he said to the effect:

If I was given $40 million dollars to make a movie...I'd make the movie
for one million and use the $39 million to save a small country

I guess Rodriguez was kidding...

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You do realize that, at the time, he wasn't rich? He made EL MARIACHI with less than $10.000.

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