- We were waiting a while for this one…And happy to see the series back. Lee Stranahan’s awesome interview with Kevin Smith returns with Part 7, titled “Talking to People He Wrote”. This 8-minute clip focuses on the new script he picked up, pleasing his Dad, and his body of work. Miss a clip? They’re all over at the Stranahan page — We’ll likely put up a nice neat story with every clip once the interview concludes, as well.
- Kevin sat in for the duration of the Opie & Anthony show on Friday last week, and our buddy Will’s got the edited audio of the entire broadcast for your listening pleasure. Gotta love it. Download your size/quality MP3 of
choice:The 64 Kbps stereo copy. (2:02 runtime, 56 MB file size, right-click to save). Or…
Here’s the 24 Kbps mono copy. (2:02 runtime, 21 MB file size, right-click to save).
As always, thanks to Will for his encoding skills — Following this show, Opie went on to attend the New Jersey Devils playoff game at The Rock with Kevin — A game I was lucky enough to be invited to as well, with thanks to Kevin and Ming. What a place!
- In the Nashville area? Check out the “Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Festival” this weekend, where Jason Mewes is scheduled to appear. The fest runs from April 24-26th at the Nashville Airport Marriott Hotel. No details on Mewes’ appearance schedule, though if we hear anything concrete, we’ll let ya know. Assuming he’ll be in town for all 3 days, Fridays are traditionally the best days to meet celebs at these events (lesser crowds).
- The students demanded it, so it’s BACK! For a second time, “The Films of Kevin Smith: will be presented at Central Michigan University (courtesy of the School of Broadcast & Cinematic Arts), Mount Pleasant, Michigan. When, you ask? June 1st to June 4th, from 3:30 – 6:50 p.m. each day. Films to be featured this year: “Clerks”, “Jersey Girl”, “Clerks II”, and “Zack & Miri Make a Porno”. Instructor Jeffrey Smith tells us:
“Films will be viewed through the lens of auteur theory, since that seems the most appropriate to the director/writer.
This is the second time the course will be taught, and there are, as of this writing, still seats available for this course, although not many.”
We’re awaiting some further details on how one can register for the class – Though we’re guessing a call to the University for more info couldn’t hurt. Sounds like a fun weeklong course, that’s for sure.
- “Dogma”‘s Linda Fiorentino and appear in the lineup of MSN Movies’ “Where are They Now?” file. “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” star appears in the first slot as well. In the write-up for Fiorentino, they cite evidence of her behavior on the “Dogma” set as a possible catalyst in her career slowdown.
- We ran just a piece of Kevin’s video meet-up with Malcolm Ingram last week. Via the SModcaster user, you can see a bunch more — We’re also betting that this will be the spot to go to catch any future video snippets that accompany SModcast. With episode #100 on the approach, perhaps we’re closer to VidSmod than we think…
- One for the archives – Paste Magazine ran a nicely positive review of “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” back in the Fall around release time — Since we were following their other coverage for the film, we wanted to make sure this nice review was linked up in the archives as well.
- For the second time in a week, the icky term “bromance” is being used with Jay & Bob – This time, Empire Magazine lists the duo as one of their “10 Greatest Movie Bromances” :
Like Pegg and Frost, Jay and Silent Bob refer to each other – well, one of them does – as ‘my hetero-life-mate’. Their double act developed over the course of four previous Smith films, but it was here, in his broadest and most outrageous comedy to date, where they took central stage, showcasing a relationship that was as fucked-up as it was tender. They’re the perfect duo.
Most Bromantic Moment: The whole thing. Theirs isn’t a relationship where an excuse must be contrived for them to have an argument, just so they can reconcile later in an emotional scene with soaring strings. These guys stick with each other through thick, thin and really, awfully, very stupidly thick.
Who’s The Beard? After a fashion, jewel thief Justice (Shannon Elizabeth), who pines after Jay, for some reason we still can’t entirely fathom.
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