- A very interesting Chicago Tribune article which cites the relationship of controversy to box office grosses features quite a few paragraphs on Clerks & Dogma, with quotes from Mark Urman of Lions Gate releasing. We suggest you check out the entire article HERE, but in the meantime, here’s the related stuff:
Urman also argued that Smith’s Catholic-themed spoof “Dogma†was helped by a well-publicized history that included the movie’s being condemned by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, dumped by Miramax on orders from parent company Disney and bought by Lions Gate.
“It came into the marketplace with an enormous level of exposure, and it created a tremendous amount of press coverage thatyour average comedy–including your average Kevin Smith comedy–wouldn’t enjoy,†Urman said.
“Dogma,†which stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, grossed about $30 million domestically last year, a high figure for an independent film and double the take of Smith’s previous film, “Chasing Amy.†Yet Andrew Hindes, editor in chief of the Web site IFILM, isn’t ready to credit the uproar for the film’s success.
“With `Dogma’ it’s hard to see that controversy over Catholicism would attract viewers,†he said. “I think it was the stars.â€
- We dunno where folks have been ordering their DVDs from, but perhaps this is a last ditch effort from DVD Express to unload more preorders, since we figure most of you might wait until the SE this Fall. They’re giving away some free swag in a contest for all who order the DVD from their site:
- Scott Morse, who’s slated to draw the Loki & Bartelby comic series once a script gets written (no word on if and when the series is coming, though), is part of a cool new web company called Thrave.Com. They’re going to produce feature-length Flash animated flicks to air on the web. Jim Mahfood, Clerks comic artist, is also on board. Sounds like a way cool project. Though still in the very early stages of development, THRAVE has released two test animations from the feature VOLCANIC REVOLVER, exclusive to crazyfish.net and thrave.com. These prototype tests lack the exact colors, sound track, and complete smoothness of motion that will make up the final, but still hint at the unique nature of these new films. They can be found HERE and HERE.
Until next time, stay dry…It’s been cold and rainy and miserable ’round these parts lately. Here’s hoping for some nice Spring weather soon.
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