- Alright, we’re finally getting around to posting this one. Zug, a comedy site on the web, did a bunch of interesting (and bizarre) stuff with Kevin in a piece they call Zug Tortures Kevin Smith. Surf over, and see Kevin rate topics like farting, John Tesh, and colonic irrigation, take a look at the Red Bank Tour, read an interview, and even see a short film Kevin made exclusively for Zug when they presented him with nothing but a bag of vegetables. Yes, we said vegetables.
View Askew NewsBites™
- You know ‘em, you love ‘em…So here they are! More of those cute little newsbites:
- The aforementioned Clerks screening in Oregon will now most likely take place sometime in December.
- Kevin’s trying to get a hold of some of the full-cast Chasing Amy posters for the Stash. I recall seeing one at a local theatre when the film was playing. That’d be cool! Kevin, save us two if you get ‘em! Heheh…
- A View Askew candy bar? Pythomas created this interesting pic to show us how it wouldmost likely appear. Click here to check it out.
Time Change For Rutgers Lecture…
It seems that Kevin’s lecture will be starting at 7:00 p.m., not at 8:00 as previously thought. If you still need convincing, you can call Rutgers at (609)225-6161. We’re sorry forthe false information, but we were going by the time on their website, which may simply be thetime they plan for the film to start. We recommend you’re there for the whole thing, though.By the way, we’ll be there as well. Just look for the 2 guys that look like everyone else and blend right into the crowd.
By the way, thanks for all the offers for places to crash the night of the appearance. We decided to actually pull another iron-man day and drive straight in for the show, then straight back home afterwards. But we appreciate the sentiment, really we do…
Affleck & Damon…Male Models
- Craig N. e-mailed us to say that both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are the poster guys for the Canadian clothing company “Roots” (a popular, kind-of outdoorsy, clothing store). You can click here to see their posters for the Fall season.
Finally…A Release Date!
- “Chasing Amy” is set to bow on video December 23, 1997. The laserdisc will most likely follow a few weeks later (in typical Miramax fashion). This news comes to us courtesy of today’s issue of Video Store magazine. It says, alone with a pic of Ben Affleck and Joey Adams on the cover in a “comfortable” position:
Miramax Home Entertainment’s Chasing Amy is one of several rental titles in Buena Vista Home Video’s “Winter Blitz” promotion, which launches Dec. 9 with Con Air.
And inside, it reads:
On December 23rd comes the Miramax romantic comedy Chasing Amy, which made 11.6 million.
By the way, folks, this is “priced for rental”, meaning you won’t be able to buy the cassette (at least at any reasonable price) for the moment…Expect a lower-priced “sell-through” version sometime in the future. Remember you read it HERE first!
Roger Ebert Weighs In…
- Jason Charnick’s fight to spread the “Superman Lives†script on the web has taking an interesting turn. Take it away Jason…
So one of the people who e-mailed over the past few days wanting the script was someone who wanted to pass it on to Roger Ebert. He gave me Mr. Ebert’s address, so I figured I’d e-mail him to get his toughts on both the script, and my methods for distributing it. Without telling me his thoughts on the script, I got this e-mail this morning :
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I am happy to be able to read the script, but I believe that a script in development has much the same legal status as a commercial or trade secret, and distributing it is about as legal as posting Ford’s patents for a new fuel pump on the Web. In other words, I think that legally you had no right to do it, and that WB would have won in a walk if they had sued you. Thedesire of others to read it, Kevin Smith’s reputation, etc., are all irrelevant: This is pretty much an open-and-shut case of copyright infringement. My own advice to you is to have nothing to do with the further public or private distribution of the script, or you may actually find yourself in court, as an example to others.
I give this advice because I know you acted sincerely and with good intentions, and I would just as soon save you a lot of grief.
Very best,
RE
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Kevin’s Back!
- Well, everyone knows by now the Kevin is back from his publicity tour of Europe. Here’s what Kev had to say about everything:
So I’m back, and I’ve gone through this entire always passive-aggressive board (and some were exTREMEly aggressive, mind you). I’ve read your comments on the Supes script and the Howard Stern appearance. My take on both? I, too, find the Supes script weak in parts (though largely better than most would do with it, character-wise), and agree that Jay and I weren’t really up to snuff on the Stern show (although we served the purpose we were there for; and who cares in the end - we got to meet Howard and the gang).
The tour went well - the movie was uniformly embraced by the French and British press, not to mention the French and British audiences we watched it with (interesting tid-bit: the French aud was the largest we ever screened for at once, clocking in at close to fifteen hundred people).
And now it’s time for serious writing work, as I immerse myself completely in the novel and comics scripts. I’ll only be surfacing daily to sign merchandise at the office and post here (as always).
Hope all went well in my absence (nice to see some new folks have joined in the mix - good and bad), and I hope to see a bunch of you at the Rutgers screening in Camden (for the record, there may be another one in New Brunswick next month - more on that when I get more info).
“Chasing Amy” Laserdisc News…
- We haven’t heard too much about the impending Criterion release of “Chasing Amy” on laserdisc lately. So imagine our joy to find these two posts about it on the message board from Kevin and Vincent :
“I believe Criterion is holding release until two weeks after the vid release, which may now be in January”
Vincent : “I think (but am not certain) that Criterion will try and make the disc available day and date with the tape, which would mean a mid-December release. This is also contigent on Kevin and Scott getting all of the suplementary material (such as the thrity or so minutes of cut footage) together soon. The picture transfer for the disc is done, by the way - David Klein actually supervised that months ago (before Criterion even became involved with the project), so it’ll mainly be a matter of recording the comentary and getting the cut-scenes and trailers together, and getting all the elements to the folks at Criterion for the making of the disc.”
Kev & Jay’s Howard Stern SoundBites
- An anonymous source informs us that, in addition to what we heard on the air, Kevin and Jayrecord several other soundbites and liners that may pop up at any time in future shows…Thescooper tells us:
Jay recorded about 10 different sound bites with re-written versions of the Jay “Nooich Nooich” chant from Clerks, things for robins news, intros, Crackhead Bob, etc…
If you’re a regular Stern listener, you understand what we’re talking about. Sounds like pretty funny stuff! We’ll try and let you know if we hear them, and possibly get you some soundbites if & when they air.
Vulgar The Clown Win95 Logo
- Damon Schmidt sent us another great replacementlogo for those of you (ourselves included) sick of seeing that Windows 95 logo as your computerboots up. This one features the beloved View Askew mascot, and includes the “must sought after37 Plus”! Instructions for installing the logo are included in the zip file. Enjoy! Thanks,Damon!
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