Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. A little late again, but not too ridiculously so. Just over the wire (LA time), so don't sweat it. Today's pic was inspired by Robert Rodriguez's take on Alita: Battle Angel moving forward with some interesting casting. In the article discussing Christoph Waltz's possible casting in the film I talked a bit about Rodriguez's early career and it made me nostalgic, so I looked through my archives and came across this photo of Robert at work during the making of Four Rooms.
It's kind of vintage '90s Rodriguez. Operating the steadicam himself, bandana on... full on Rebel Without A Crew mode.
The movie itself wasn't considered great in the day because it was a little like Pulp Fiction without the trendsetting. I haven't watched it in years, but I would imagine this one holds up strong. Even back then I loved its anthology quality, but if my memory isn't betraying me I think it's going to ring a lot of those '90s indie film boom bells that marked the time period in which I dove headlong into my passion for cinema.
Enjoy the pic!
Tomorrow/today's pic will be a neat picture direct from the archives of effects legend Steve Johnson (the first of many cool candid effects photos to come) and will surely not piss you off to no end. See ya' then.
-Eric Vespe
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