- Mr. Showbiz has a story onChris Rock today that mentions Dogma a bit. Rock jokes about a non-existant scene, then goes on to defend the flick, like the rest of us.
- Yet another addition to Files Askew: The ever-growing, largest collection of View Askew files on the internet! It’s the new Jay & Silent Bob Theme For Win9x! Grab it here or over at Files Askew. Thanks to Kent Jakway for a job well done.
- Some odd news from the WRESTLING world (of all places) today. First of all, News Askew got an unlikely mention todayin a small paragraph on Kevin & Dogma over at Freakboy’s Big @$$ Wrestling Column.Okay, um, thanks. We think. Also, prowrestling.com gets wackywith a picture of Kevin in the Mallrats Batman getup with a caption reading “The Warrior Returns Again!”. Huh.
- An unauthorized tribute site for Jason Mewes (Jay, for the unknowing) has gone online! Surf on overand check it out.
- BOB WEINSTEIN’s Dimension Films just snapped up rights to Stephen Hunter’s not-yet-published Simon & Schuster novel, “Medal of Honor,” beating out producer Joel Silver, who very much wanted it for Warner Bros. (These wins and losses are a big deal in movie mogul-land.) The book is being develped as a movie for Ben Affleck and Billy Bob Thornton, and is the story of a World War II marine who returns from combat and is recruited as a crimebuster in Arkansas.”
- iF Magazine printed a way cool Q&A with Kevin…Lots of familar material tous long-time web board visitors, but it’s always nice to see some of this stuff in one spot.You can read the piece (with some spiffy illustrations) on their site.
By THE EDITORS
KEVIN SMITH
With CLERKS, his very first film, writer-director and occasional actor Kevin Smith altered the face of indie films. Mixing profanity and whacked out wisdom, CLERKS profiled a new kind of counter culture and in the process inspired a generation of low budget filmmaker wanna-bes. Since that grainy black and white comedy, Smith has had a bomb (MALLRATS) a dramatic comeback (CHASING AMY) and with his yet-to-be-released new film DOGMA, scandal and press of the most frenzied sort.
Now all married and (sort of) settled down in Red Bank, New Jersey he’s grown quite fond of his video collection. Here’s a detailed look at the man and his collection.
FIVE DESERT ISLAND FILMS:
1) JAWS
2) JFK
3) A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
4) THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
5) DO THE RIGHT THING
6) (optional ) A very, very hardcore porn tape (it is, after all, a desert island).
Favorite film you wish everyone would give a look:
Inspirational film you show your crew before shooting:
Film you wish would be released on video:
Film you’d like to burn:
Film you’d run into a burning house to retrieve:
Film (or genre) prominent in your collection:
Film (or genre) not in your collection:
How often you watch your own films:
Bonus: St. Marty Scorsese is busy today. Please help him by picking a film to preserve for the ages:
And with those insightful words, we bid you farewell. Catch ya next update!
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