2 discs / CLV / $49.95 / 1997 / street date: JAN 1998 |
If you own a laserdisc player, you NEED this disc. And if you don’t own a laserdisc player, go out and BUY one, THEN buy this disc. With the advent of DVD, LD players are cheap now anyway.
As for today, I have really no excuse for being late except that I was busy eating and playing video games. Hope you remembered to turn those clocks back an hour if you’re in one of those wacky daylight savings time areas like we are.
We’re now running our internet connection on a cable modem, and trying to get set up for the move of this website to a new server. Thanks for all your offers, we’ll get back to you with an answer as soon as we know anything. Our e-mail addresses will be changing soon, as well, which we’ll also tell you as soon as we know.
Alright, enough of this shit…Let’s get on with some real news:
Director: Kevin Smith
Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
Distributor: Metrodome
Running Time: 111
Opens: November 14
SO you think you’ve got problems? Comic book artist Holden (Affleck) has just met Alyssa (Adams), the love of his life, and she’s a lesbian. Added to this, he is starting to feel that the hostility of his comic drawing partner Banky (Jason Lee) towards the woman is based on something more than friendly interest and healthy manly admiration…he may be just a tad jealous, perhaps? Bluer than a Bernard Manning routine and twice as touching as The English Patient, this is the filthiest, funniest and most moving film I’ve seen all year. Fans of Kevin Smith’s “Clerks” will relish the scene where a militant comic book artist claims Darth Vader as a black power icon, and the return of Smith’s own Greek chorus, lovable misanthropes Silent Bob and Jay. But the film also adds depth to Smith’s ouevre. Alyssa is a stereotype-busting heroine and the progress of her and Holden’s relationship is at once hilarious, tragic and, bar a few outrageous moments, ultimately believable. A glorious movie for anyone who has been lucky enough to find true love and stupid enough to lose it. A foul-mouthed ‘Casablanca’ for Generation X, take granny to see something else and treasure it for yourself.
The gala thing is shaping up. And (regardless of what some may think) we’ve got some cool merchandise and happenings getting ready for December (he said, plugging his empire and hawking wares like a montebank).
Also – I’ve watched large portions of both ‘Vulgar’ and ‘Big Helium Dog’, and can’t put into words how proud of the two Bri/y’s I am. They both did phenomenal jobs, and I can’t wait for all of you to see their efforts (not to mention my virtuoso perfs in both efforts, as a non-Bob m.f.).
Generally, a good month around these parts.
As always, thanks for keeping www.viewaskew.com a much visited web address (because you could all be over at www.all-anal.com all the time… like me).
Kev, if you’re still stopping by, thanks for keeping us informed and for allowing the site to continue. See ya at the gala…
