A short featurette available on the DVD for Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), released in January 2004.
Direction
Rodriguez's infectious enthusiasm for zero-budget solutions.
Production
The actual converted hangar that became a major studio.
Director
Robert Rodriguez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rodriguez famously wrote the book 'Rebel Without a Crew' about making El Mariachi for $7,000—this short shows he's still operating on those principles with studio money.
Troublemaker Studios became a model for filmmaker-owned production spaces, influencing directors like Peter Jackson's Park Road Post and Guillermo del Toro's Mirada.
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