 The film, and many of its effects and scoring, were all done in  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv)s studio, which is immediately across  the street from his home. Because the director refuses to work  anywhere else and shuns other Hollywood traditions, it took his  friendship with Miramax honchos Bob Weinstein (qv) and  Harvey Weinstein (qv) to make the production of the film possible,  as no other studios would take a chance on either Rodriguezs  methods or such a bizarre film.