No guts, no glory.(editorial)

Like him or loathe him, Robert Rodriguez is a filmmaker that inspires hordes of indie directors the world over. He is notoriously famous for having sold his blood in order to raise enough money for his debut feature film, El Mariachi. A major studio picked up the US$7000 production made in 1992 and distributed it worldwide. Now years later, Rodriquez is one of Tinseltown's most celebrated action-genre director and scriptwriter with an impressive film output, boasting cult hits like From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado and Sin City to the successful Spy Kids franchise.

While his ...