- On yesterday’s episode of Oprah, they discussed children’s exposure to sex, violence, and the like through television, and, of all things, aired a shot of the little boy screaming and then Jay beating up the Easter bunny (from Mallrats) as an example. Hey, at least her producers didn’t forget one of the most overlooked View Askew flicks!
- In his, as always, hateful review, Mr. Cranky slams Attack of the Clones but then mentions how an Episode III might be if Kevin were to direct.
- Clerks is mentioned in a new Film Threat article (positively) titled “THE 10 STUPID THINGS INDIE FILMMAKERS DO TO MESS UP THEIR MOVIES”:
1. WEAK SCRIPT — Here is where more indie films fail than in any other area. Hey, if the running time is around 70 minutes, the feature script was probably thin to begin with. But one has to only look at Kevin Smith’s Clerks to learn why the script is the most important element. Clerks is perhaps the most technically inept film ever to get a theatrical release. Almost any decent student film looks better than Clerks. But today’s audiences are not as concerned with the technical quality of a film. Content is king for indies and this is where Clerks succeeds brilliantly. We don’t care about the gritty look (actually that look contributes overall to the mood), the characters engage us, and the story is well paced and we laugh our asses off at the snappy dialog. Smith’s amazing script rose above the limitations under which he made the film resulting in what is now an indie classic that can be seen on IFC almost weekly. They say that paper is cheaper than film, so buy some paper.
Read it all HERE.
- And more Star Wars related stuff — cast your vote on who would win in a Jay & Silent Bob vs. C3P0 R2D2 battle at the Dream Battles website.
- If you’re into seeing how the UK Jay & Bob DVD differs from the one here in the States, if at all (nice teaser, eh?) — Check out the UK Askew website www.ukaskew.co.uk for their review.
- Don’t own the View Askew DVDs yet or want another set for when yours wear out? Word has it prices are dropping on Clerks and Chasing Amy, as low as $12.99 some places. Get ‘em if you don’t got ‘em!
- This new Yahoo discussion area is for chatting Indie Film, has a poll about View Askew (members only though) and a link to News Askew — Always a good way to get a mention here.
- It seems that Jay and Silent Bob have at least one fan in the miniature painting community, as shown by this scratchbuilt mini-diorama tribute to the two.
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