- Kevin’s taking advantage of his expansive DVD collection this week as the latest blog entry goes over some of the classics that he and Jen are taking in, along with online poker woes, and yeah, more about “Red State”, the flick that’s got a lot of attention over the past few days. Take a look at a coupls passages here:
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The GPS device was a gift from Mewes last Christmas, which sat in my office for eight months before I finally mustered the courage to investigate it further. Having become a big fan of the Nev-R-Lost GPS system in most Hertz rental cars, I figured it was finally time to plug in the Mewes-gifted version to see if I could program it. As it turns out, all the programming I had to do was turn the unit on. Now, I live and die by this machine, which allows the user to choose from different accents and genders for the vocal prompts (I chose the British woman’s voice). Even when I know exactly where I’m going and how to get there, I still employ the unit – if for no other reason than to hear it say “Recalculating” when I deviate from the suggested path. Indeed, I’ve stopped listening to the satellite radio or the iPod in the car, as I find the polite-but-firm GPS commands so soothing.
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Based on Scott’s notes, I take the script from 96 pages to 89 pages. It’s easily the shortest feature script I’ve ever written, since there’s not nearly as much dialogue in “Red State” as in my other flicks, and it’s the dialogue that usually gets my page count up around the 120 average. But that 89 pages is somewhat deceptive, as there are long stretches of descriptive text that will skew the page-a-minute ratio. In other words, the flick won’t be 89 minutes; it’ll probably be closer to two hours.Gotta love it, as the GPS thing is totally relatable. It’s details like those that continue to make this blog such a gem. Just as well as the big news comes along, those little anecdotes about the day to day will never get old. Surf over to Silent Bob Speaks or the Myspace Real Kevin Smith page for the latest (and all) blog entries from the beginning.
Archive for September 5th, 2007
A “Red State” “Interview”…
- With a completed script, the hype’s building for “Red State”, with some fans now salivating for this one even moreso than “Zack and Miri”, quite the flip from comments we’ve been hearing as well as our recent poll here at News Askew. Seems that the promise of new territory and a very risky subject and plot have us all looking for more info. /film took the time to gather up ALL the post-scripting questions from the boards, answered by Kevin himself, and shares it up today at their site . If some of it sounds familar, we’ve ran a few tidbits before, though this presents a nice compliation and a few other posts that you may not have seen just yet. We’ve got a few highlights dead ahead:
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“I have a hard time classifying it as a “horror flick” because, while it shares some of the genre conventions, it’s just not what most would consider a horror flick. Horrific, yes, but not a horror flick in terms of the general definition. Let’s put it this way: if “Rosemary’s Baby” can be classified as a horror flick, then “Red State” can be as well.”
““Requiem for a Dream” is a pretty bleak (but insanely well-made) flick. This is more bleak than that.”No View Askew regulars are in mind for any parts in the film at this time. Kudos to the folks at /film for putting this together. We’ll of course keep up with the latest news on the film right here at News Askew.
Die Hard UNRATED – Plus That Interview!
- GREAT news about the DVD release of “Live Free or Die Hard” comes to us via Movieweb today. While it seems that the previously mentioned Blu-Ray version will only include the theaterical version of the film, there WILL be a fully UNRATED cut of the flick as part of the two-disc special edition on standard DVD. Hooray! Not only that, but disc two of said edition will indeed house the complete conversation held on the Fox lot between Bruce and Kevin. The running time’s listed at 23 minutes, so it’s a bit shorter than was filmed, we believe, but still, better than nothing!
