Movie Forum: From 'Spy Kids' to 'Sin City'

Apex, NC: Do you see any connection between "From Dusk Till Dawn" and the "Spy Kids" series?

Robert Rodriguez: Only that they were both fun to do and are a mix of genres. In fact just about all my movies mix different genres.

New York, NY: What are your own favorite movies?

Robert Rodriguez: I haven't updated my list in a while, so this is ancient, but some of the top movies in my top 100 are: "Vertigo," "Jaws," "Godfather," "Notorious," "Heat," "Terminator," "Road Warrior," "Escape From New York," "The Thing," "The Shining," "Blade Runner," "Night of the Living Dead," "Glengarry Glen Ross," "Sunset Blvd," "Some Like It Hot," "Close Encounters," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Akira," "Rock All Night," "Kiss Me Deadly," "Wolf," "What's Up Doc?," "Near Dark," "The Hitcher," "Paper Moon," "Double Life of Veronique," "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein." To name a few.

Austin, TX: What is the deal with "A Princess of Mars"? Will it get made? Will you direct? Robert Rodriguez: "Princess of Mars" is being made by Kerry Conran right now ("Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"). Should be very cool. I was working on it for about a month but had to leave the project when I left the [Directors Guild of America], since "Princess" was already being developed by the studio which is a Directors Guild signatory. But no biggie, I hear George Lucas wanted to make "Princess of Mars" once but couldn't get the rights to it, so he made "Star Wars" instead. That's what I should be doing, more of my own projects.

San Antonio, TX: Did you see "Savvy" at SXSW? What do you think?