The Oni Double Feature should be out sometime this week.
Archive for January, 1998
Duquesne University Appearance!
- SPOILER ALERT!!!
“The first one has Silent Bob and Jay standing around and apparentlyJay’s sister with his neice. She leaves his neice with the twomiscreants and they just stare at each other until the girl startscrying. They then proceed to put in a tape in their 80’s style boomboxand put on some old school rapping nursery rhyme, quieting the toddler.”
“The second short shows Jay spilling his guts on how Alanis Morrisettewas his girlfriend and he is the reason for her angry music, which brinsBob to tears. Jay then gives him a hankerchief to dry his eyes, then Jayreveals that it is his “spankerchief” Bob was using.”
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Also, in a major announcemnt at the appearance, Kevin told the audience that Dogma’s Pittsburghshoot will require TONS OF EXTRAS. He will be making an announcement on the net at a laterdate. There’s your chance to be in a Kevin Smith movie and become part of film history!
An interview was held with Kevin before the appearance. You can find it online athere.
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- “Amid all this super-hero fare, perhaps the most important comic-book movie ofthe year was “Chasing Amy”, Kevin Smith’s acclaimed relationship picture toldagainst a comics-industry backdrop. It’s a good bet that a fair number ofit’s customers would pay $7.50 just to watch costar Joey Lauren Adams doingher taxes, but no matter. Anything which portrays comics as a pursuit oftypical (well, sort of) adults is bound to help comics in the long run.”
- SPOILER ALERT!!!
The scoop for the DC shot was this. It took place near Dupont Circle and the scene is abouthow J.Lee gets hold of some sensitive information on videotape. He ischased (what Dave saw filmed) down the block by FBI? men. He is on a bike andactually most of the shoooting was of the stunt double weaving throughtraffic. As the story goes, he slips the tape to Will in a store without willknowing and then Will’s life immediately changes for the worse. [Crucial plot stuffdeleted]…
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FlixTour Hits Point State College
Vincent Pereira Arrives At The Screening
The Eager Crowd Gathers…
And Waits For The Show To Begin
Tom Mcvy and Jeff Wakmmen Announce The Film
Vincent & A Point State College Student Set Up The Film
Ben “Dutch” Holland Talks With Flixtour Personnel
Jeff Conversing Prior To The Show
Closeup of Ben & One Of The Flixtour Personnel
Vincent Interviews For The College’s Newspaper
The Interview Continues…
The Movers & Shakers of the Flixtour…The Real People Behind The Show!
Vincent & Others Waiting Out The Last Few Minutes Before The Film Begins
- Green Lantern Movie?
by Rob Allstetter
Filmmaker Kevin Smith said that he doesn’t think he will be part ofEvent Comics taking over four Marvel titles this year.
“I don’t think the Daredevil thing is going to happen. I’m just a littleswamped right now,” said Smith, who is following up Chasing Amywith a film called Dogma. “But there’s another long-term project atDC that I might be doing that would be a shitload of fun.”
Smith, whose Superman movie script was rejected by director TimBurton, said he has had a preliminary discussion about a possibleGreen Lantern film. “That is so premature, though, to even talk aboutit,” he said.
- I didn’t see you guys report this so I thought I’d throw it in. It’s not tooexciting, but Jason Lee was in town last weekend (here in Washington, DC) shootingEnemy of the State with Will Smith. Tony Scott directs. I walked by the set andsaw Will Smith, but couldn’t tell if Jason was there then. The excitement was allabout Smith, but the clip on the local cable news station showed Jason doing a scenewhere he runs out of a store. He was (I think, I didn’t have my glasses on) wearinga red hockey shirt that probably wasn’t a View Askew Vulgarians shirt.
New York Post Sundance Mention…
- KEVIN SMITH
Nobody typifies the scrappy independent filmmaker better than Kevin Smith. In 1994, Smith burst onto the indie scene with “Clerks”, a comedy about a New Jersey college dropout working in a convenience store.
The film won a major award at Sundance, and went on to become a slacker anthem. Though Smith’s subsequent film “Mallrats”, was a box-office flop, he returned to glory with “Chasing Amy”, an offbeat love story that cost $250,000 to make and took in $12 million.
Gone are the days of credit-card debts and no-name actors. With a budget of between $4 and $5 million, Smith’s fantasy film “Dogma” has real-life stars Linda Fiorentino, Chris Rock, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Alan Rickman.
Story submitted to News Askew by P. Mae Lee.
Bill Clinton To Screen GWH With Damon & Co.?
- DAMON HAS A DREAM DATE WITH THE PRESIDENT: MATT DAMON’s dream year has been topped off with the presidential thumbs up. Hollywood’s golden boy, whose screenplay GOOD WILL HUNTING stormed the box office and raked in nearly $11 million this past weekend, has received the ultimate invite. Damon and his co-stars BEN AFFLECK, ROBIN WILLIAMS and British beauty MINNIE DRIVER, have been asked by American President BILL CLINTON to join him at his retreat CAMP DAVID. Clinton has been eager to see the movie and Damon, and the love of his life Driver, will sit right next to the president during the special screening.
Scoop courtesy of Matt Ebert.
NEW RealAudio Interview Online!
Kevin Posts: Daredevil, Dogma Locale, More!
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Vinnie’s Off To Sundance…
- Just dropping a quick note to remind anybody who cares to know that I’ll be in Park City, Utah from tomorrow night (the 14th) until the afternoon of the 19th when I arrive home. Also, I got the first date of the Flixtour, and it’ll be February 5th at the University of North Carolina. I’m not sure exactly how long I’ll be away, or if there are any sabaticals during the tour itself, so there’s good chance I’ll be away from February until late April.
Have a good trip! Send us a postcard.