Fantastic book--must read for anybody who wants to get into filmmaking and is bemoaning their fate that they can't attend film school. Forget that--read it, live it, be a filmmaker in your own right and write write write the story you want to tell.

That's what I love about this. That's what Rodriguez is saying in this book. He started out with a little film school under his belt, but learned a lot about what it can offer and what it doesn't. From somebody who's been there--take his advice, read what he did to make El Mariachi and his initial plans and how they came about. You'll learn so much, and it's just great. So much that's worth reading about, hilarious and disappointing and inspiring and all the rest in turns. Great book. I'll keep this one til it disintegrates (and buy another one).