Archive for July 18th, 2001

Kevin Smith AICN Interview: Parts 2 And 3…

July 18th @ 3:32 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Mysterio’s fan-based Q&A session with Kevin has been completed over at AICN, with parts 2 and 3. Each part is HUGE, and full of questions asked by the fans, with some very extensive answers from Kevin, along with a lot of information that may have not been very common knowledge before (for example, did you know that, had the film “Name” been made, that Jay’s last name would have been revealed as “Derris”?). Here’s another highlight from the last 2 parts:
I’d be hard-pressed to think of ourselves as a big studio company, but we haven’t been an independent film company since we weren’t a company. Like we made CLERKS and we called ourselves “View Askew” but we were not incorporated or anything like that. And that was the only movie we ever truly, independently made. MALLRATS had Universal money behind it, CHASING AMY had Miramax money behind it, DOGMA had Miramax money on it and JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK has Dimension money behind it. I mean, I haven’t made, in the strictest definition of the term, I haven’t made an independent film since CLERKS.

Now if you broaden your definition of independent films to mean “any movie that could not be made through the studio system,” then yeah, we’ve definitely made movies that I would consider to be independent. CHASING AMY was an independent movie. If we made that for a studio, those guys would’ve wound up together by the end of the flick. DOGMA was a movie that could never be made through a studio system and as was proven later on almost didn’t work, although it did get made with studio money, but the studio didn’t want it. JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK couldn’t be made through a studio system unless that studio was Miramax/Dimension. There’s so much Miramax/Dimension family in it.

There’s so many references to movies we’ve done with them. We take MAJOR potshots at Miramax in the movie and Miramax takes it on the chin, you know, they never said “remove it.” If we had made that movie elsewhere we probably couldn’t take the potshots at Miramax because the lawyers wouldn’t let us and no other studio would let us take potshots at them. You think Universal would’ve let us make the jokes at their expense that we make with Miramax’s expense in this movie? Heavens no. The studios are very protective of their image. Miramax thought it was funny, so they didn’t care.

You’ll absolutely want to surf over to AICN and read Part 2 and Part 3 for yourself, of course!

New Ingram Interview Reveals Secrets…

July 18th @ 3:32 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Antony

  • The CountingDown site has a new interview with Malcolm Ingram in their Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back area. It’s a very good piece, and covers not only what Malc is working on with the new flick, but reveals info on Drawing Flies and lots more. For example, that View Askew production is set for a DVD release in September. And yes, the Dogma documentary still will show up somewhere really soon. Seems there’s still plans that the big documentary he’s been shooting about the creation of J&SBSB might end up on the festival circuit even. Coool. Here’s a taste:
Antony: So you’re working on a [Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back] documentary for Kevin right now?

Malcolm: Yes, with Kevin’s wife Jennifer.

Antony: Is this for web content eventually?

Malcolm: It will be for the DVD. I think Kevin’s really great about putting out these big huge editions of his films. He just saw the opportunity to have someone there the whole time to document all the way from [the project’s] inception, all the way to the end. It’s probably going to end up being more of ‘a year in the life’ because it’s turning out to be a very interesting year. So it’s not just dealing with Jay and Silent Bob, it’s going back and interviewing the old cast, a lot of people we’ve worked with, kind of all the peripheral people.

[Antony’s Note: Malcolm’s partner in filming the documentary footage of Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, has indicated that the footage is being prepared as a two hour documentary for the festival circuit.]

You’ll really wanna check out the interivew right HERE!

Wizard’s Kevin Smith Spectacular Arrives!

July 18th @ 3:31 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Jaysen

  • Yep, it’s here…Click the graphic above for a full page view of the cover! The Kevin Smith spectacular from Wizard hits newssstands today (man, this summer is FLYING by!) and this thing has just TONS of coverage…Too much for us to even go into here, so PICK UP THIS ISSUE. There’s interviews, set reports, tours, and pages of stuff you’ll want to soak up. If you’re reading this site, you want to go pick up this book. Get them before they’re gone!

View Askew NewsBites™

July 18th @ 3:31 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Nick Lynch, Tim McMahon, Jamie Morgan, Tim & Steve Segal

  • IGN Filmforce is running a Kevin Smith poll, asking what your LEAST favorite of his films is. Check out the results over at their site.
  • Bryan Johnson revealed some information about Vulgar’s release next month and the potential for a theatrical trailer. Check it out:
I’m told by Mosier that we should see a trailer for Vulgar by sometime next week. HOWEVER since the movie will go out to theatres unrated, many venues (including your local multiplex) won’t show the trailer. With any luck it’ll be up on the VA site shortly.
  • Kevin gets a mention in a USA Today article on Comic Book Artists, referencing his work just briefly by name. Read the whole thing HERE.
  • That episode of Dinner For Five with Joey Lauren Adams aired on IFC on Sunday, sorry we missed it with the reminder. Check your listings for reruns though, as it’ll probably air again soon. She did talk about her work with Kevin on Chasing Amy during the program.
  • Ali Larter is to be on Late Night with Conan O’Brien tonight, July 18th. She is promoting “Legally Blonde”, but she might mention J&SBSB.

Commentary & Thanks…

July 18th @ 12:43 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad

  • We’ve got a few more stories coming up later today, but be sure and surf below for a BIG update to our On Location story from earlier this year, complete with new pics and spoilers! Later today we’ll have news on the rest of the AICN interview, Vulgar, and lots more.

I also want to say thanks to everyone who took the time to write in and offer advice and help on the Orlando trip, especially The Marksman and his girl for the time they spent trying to work out some airline problems.

I’d also like to say a big NO THANKS and urge all of you to avoid using the Expedia service for booking travel stuff online. Their prices turned out to be horrible, their policies are awful, and their customer service just plain SUCKS. I paid more for tickets there than I could have getting tickets even directly from the airline, and they offer nothing in return to correct that. If you have any plans to book travel online, stay away from Expedia at all costs, and use a better service like Orbitz or, if you have some flexibility, Priceline. Thanks for nothing, Expedia. You’ve lost my business and hopefully a lot more after others read this.

Thanks again to everyone for the advice, and we’ll be back later with more news!

J&SBSB On Location Update: New Spoilers, New Pics!

July 18th @ 11:46 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • A few of you might recall our promise to add spoilers and a ton of onset pics to our big On Location visit from the J&SBSB Bluntcave set earlierthis year…Well, with just over a month to release, it’s time to open thefloodgates! Revisit our Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back On Location reportfor a ton of new inside info (which is easily highlighted in blue in caseyou just want to skim though). You’ll also find a TON of new exlcusivephotos from the set, mostly of the Bluntcave itself, though the camera’ssmall zoom lens and the funky lighting made it tough for stuff to come outthat well. What you will see in the photos are the first shots of theinfamous Bluntmobile, and a lot of small nuances of the Bluntcave that justwon’t show up on film at all. Again, the new material DOES contiain somespoilers, so read at your own risk. Enjoy the new pics and info!