- Here’s a couple more photos and a nice anecdote from the biggest View Askew event of 2004 (so far), the Clerks reunion screening and Q&A from
the Arclight, earlier this week in sunny Cali. We’ll let Cheryl, who was there to witness the magic, take it from here:
I know it’s been a couple of days, but I noticed that no one else posted any details, so I decided to step up. Had to register and all. I’ve been lurking here for a while and was happy to read about what went down in Berkeley and ECU. Maybe folks aren’t going into so much detail ’cause they’re making a DVD? Anyway, here are the highlights of the evening from my perspective:
Funny stuff
Primadonna: tommybruce already mentioned that he asked this question (it was regarding the fallout between Kevin and Jeff Anderson). My friends and I got a kick out of Jeff jumping up out of his seat as if to kick this guy’s ass! Quite a jokester.
New Jersey asshole: So this guy goes up to the mike and says, “New Jersey represent!” Of course they ask where he’s from, and he’s all, “I’m not from NJ.” WTF? That was strike one. Then he started to ask about the look of the picture. He said that this copy was by far the best, but it was still bad! Strike two. Then he goes on to talk about how Mallrats looked and digs himself an even deeper hole. Strike three!
Not only was this guy’s line of questioning somewhat tactless, but the way he asked the questions was also kinda rude. So he came off as, well, as an asshole! Kev sent him packing saying that he’d lost his patience with the guy…but of course he was funny about it. We all cheered.
Monotony: There were three variations of the budget question: one relating to the schedule and filming, one relating to it being shot in black and white, and one asking how they saved money. It got old, very old.
Stuff I learned: Marilyn was going to be in Chasing Amy playing Alyssa’s girlfriend, Kim. But she felt uncomfortable making out with a girl.
Walt played multiple parts by default…he was an understudy of sorts.
Because they filmed from 10pm to 6am, many of the actors who were scheduled to show up didn’t. So Walt had to get in there and play various parts.
Brian and Marilyn have theatre backgrounds. Kevin and Co. were quite impressed with Marilyn ’cause she cried during her audition.
Jeff’s next project is titled “Now You Know”…with Miramax!
My fave part of the evening: Someone asked if the cast could talk about their favorite part in filming Clerks. Kevin recounted the scene with the contractor who talks about job risk and the Death Star. The actor had to do it several times. Mewes was sitting on the floor watching and after, like, the fourth take, he insults the guy! Says something like, “Dude, you fucked up AGAIN!” Needless to say they kicked Jay out of the store so they could finish filming.
So afterwards, they’re next door at RST, Jay and Kev are talking and Jay is telling him how much pot he scored. And that he’s got it right…here. The contractor guy happened to be there too and says, “Do you know what I do? I’m a Narc!” So funny…but definitely funnier when Kev tells it…hope it makes the DVD.
After the Q & A, I hung around so I could meet Kevin. I let him know that I was his “newest” fan! I guess that’s kinda misleading…he thought it had taken me ten years to see Clerks! I did actually see it in the theatres when it came out. But I really didn’t remember it…I just knew that I laughed out loud and loved the witty dialogue. I just love the way he tells a story!
Anyway, thanks again to Kev and Co. for Clerks and the Q&A. Can’t wait for the DVD!
So, can anyone clarify. Was Anderson’s “Now You Know” picked up for wider distribution? Some of us saw it at Vulgarthon a few years back, it’d be great
to see that film making it to a larger audience!
