My favorite Goth Talk ever with Rob as "The Beholder." He was a goth filmmaker, but his mom had taped over "parts I-IV" of his latest film with an episode of Fraiser so his goth film started with the end of an episode of Frasier, and then cut to him in a park in the middle of the day all gothed out holding a…

That was a great thing about Raylan; always writing checks his butt couldn't cash. Also very into mythologizing himself, much to the annoyance of everyone in his life.

Agree about 40 YO Virgin being his peak. He is a better producer than director IMO. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad and Pineapple Express are all better than any of his films IMO.

Yeah, I just saw him on some Facebook video dressed as Trump. Hard to believe it's the same guy who made Sonatine.

He did that stuff on Mariachi, but out of necessity. Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn he relied on other people for DP and special effects and music, and, in my opinion, those are his best. It's good to be able to come in under budget and make things look better, but with him it seems to have become the endgame like,…

Rodriguez seems hell bent on showing everyone he can do things very cheaply and still fool people into think it's a real movie. He also seems to think he's so talented he can handle everything from being the DP to doing the music and special effects. Only, he's not. Ultimately he's not spoofing or paying homage to…

I'm pretty sure they're lucky to get Norm to show up to set as often as he does

Fair point, he's definitely made even less original stuff than Smith, which is actually quite a feat, considering he's always trying to make a sequel/spin-off/something that takes place in the same "universe" as another film. Out of 16 movies RR has only made THREE that aren't part of a series, and that includes…

…does he though? I'd actually say RR and Smith are pretty analogous in their careers, in particular a shared failure to move beyond their initial successes, or, when they do, to something so self indulgent it serves only to entertain themselves.

Didn't he also want Johnny Depp to play a role?

Right, like he does those 10 minute film school extras on his DVDs. "Hey look at how I did this" and it's like, yeah, kinda neat but it still looked kinda shitty and you had millions of dollars to make this, why cut corners? He was so impressed with himself scoring/editing/DPing his own films, but maybe he shouldn't…

"I'm not going to see this tripe." *adjusts monocle* "Hmph. What's this? Eva Green in the nude? Well, I do have a couple of hours to kill before polo practice."

I really think El Mariachi, Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn are great. I thought Rodriguez could have had a Tony Scott type career, but instead he seemed content to revel in his obsession with grindhouse (and the occasional poorly made children's movie) and making things on the cheap just to brag that he could.

I feel like pre-TWBB PTA could've made Inherent Vice a hugely entertaining romp, but it seems like he purged himself of a lot of the more entertaining, instantly pleasurable aspects of his style in favor of something more esoteric, which works great for The Master but less-so for a drugged out comedy noir. Still a…

That sounds horrendous. I have a couple that are from the late '90s with pages that are fraying and splitting quite badly.

I think you're talking about Melania

I have like a dozen case logic binders and those suckers are heavy. Every time we've moved my wife is like DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED THESE?

I thought he was a douche just looking at him but listening to his albums actually sold me. He's the real deal. I also think he's just legitimately a goofy guy and not trying to be some hipster weirdo.

These guys are all the main singers/songwriters for their respective bands though

I didn't realize that about Jack Riley but that explains his cameo in Boogie Nights!