in 1992 and tried again in 1996 and as chairman of the high-rail authority. we re on our way. reporter: in 2008 rallied california voters to back the bond measure to pay for high-speed rail. so a lofty goal, a goal that everybody thought was a great idea, the bond measure passed with tremendous support. what happened? over the next three years, what happened was the collapse of the plan to run genuine high-speed rail. i call it the great train robbery. reporter: the great train robbery with millions already spent, billions pledged, the result in california has so far amounted to, well, nothing. his vision of boarding a train
california. reporter: when was that? 1992. reporter: he pushed it back in 1992 and tried again in 1996 and as chairman of the high-rail authority. we re on our way. reporter: in 2008 rallied california voters to back the bond measure to pay for high-speed rail. so a lofty goal, a goal that everybody thought was a great idea, the bond measure passed with tremendous support. what happened? over the next three years, what happened was the collapse of the plan to run genuine high-speed rail. i call it the great train robbery. reporter: the great train robbery with millions already spent, billions pledged, the result in california has so far amounted to, well, nothing.
what happened was the collapse of the plan to run genuine high-speed rail. i call it the great train robbery. reporter: the great train robbery with millions already spent, billions pledged, the result in california has so far amounted to, well, nothing. his vision of boreding a train in california and steps off in downtown los angeles turned into a blended system, sharing tracks, going some parts fast, some parts slow but not true high-speed rail and certainly not what californians voted for and remember, that s your money you the taxpayer are also along for this ride. what we re talking about is a vision for high-speed rail in america.
tomorrow the first bill to create high-speed rail in california. reporter: when was that? 1992. reporter: he pushed it back in 1992 and tried again in 1996 and as chairman of the high-rail authority. we re on our way. reporter: in 2008 rallied california voters to back the bond measure to pay for high-speed rail. so a lofty goal, a goal that everybody thought was a great idea, the bond measure passed with tremendous support. what happened? over the next three years, what happened was the collapse of the plan to run genuine high-speed rail. i call it the great train robbery. reporter: the great train robbery with millions already
resent being drawn in to this. i mean, again, my film is what it is. it s a literary character and in this world, from the great train robbery, the first film to now, people are fascinated by, you know, the other side of society. criminal side of society. and i think if you enjoy those kinds of films and i have in the past. i always have. that s why i did this. my first, you know, genre piece but i make no apologies. it is what it is. advertised that way. don t go to see it if you don t like those films. absolutely. as much as you resent being drawn in to the violent media kind of sub culture topic, i think gun owners resent being treated as if they re suspects and criminals and cry lent aggressors which most often they re not. i want to get back to your movies. i was having lunch with a colleague earlier this week and he told me that before you became a director you were writing film reviews at the l.a. times.