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Aug. 24th, 2001
New Trailer!
Aug. 24th, 2001 01:47 pmSaw the new trailer for On the Line.
Love it. Love it. Love, love, love.
Where do I start?
With Kevin's adorable singing on the train?
With his fear of crowds leading him to imagine himself naked?
It's just all too much. I... this movie is going to be the most enjoyable two hours that I'll have ever spent in a movie theater.
Love it. Love it. Love, love, love.
Where do I start?
With Kevin's adorable singing on the train?
With his fear of crowds leading him to imagine himself naked?
It's just all too much. I... this movie is going to be the most enjoyable two hours that I'll have ever spent in a movie theater.
More on the brilliance of KS.
Aug. 24th, 2001 02:03 pmSomething he said in an interview:
But the thing is what I've found is fun to do with that audience, the built-in audience -- predominantly young white men, right, from the burbs all across the country -- it's nice to throw them a curve ball to kind of maybe enlighten them just a bit. Broaden their horizons, for example. I've gotten at least three, four, may five people posting on our web site in the last month alone, asking, "Hey, why did you make Jay gay all of a sudden?" Because in "Dogma," Rufus, the Chris Rock character, supposedly sees things, knows a lot of things. Because he's been dead, he gets to watch the living. And Jay is like "Tell me something about me." And Rufus goes, "You masturbate more than anybody on the planet." Jay goes, "Oh, everybody knows that. Tell me something nobody knows." Rufus goes, "When you do it, you think about guys." There were some people who are fans of ours, young white guys, who identify with that character, who were just like "Well, what the hell does that mean? Why is he all of a sudden gay? And what does that say about me?"
Which is something we heard on "Chasing Amy". Like the Banky character that Jason Lee played. I remember we had a test screening of "Chasing Amy," and there was a cat in the audience in the focus group afterwards who said, "Hey, I watched all Kevin Smith movies and like I loved 'Mallrats,' and I identify with Banky' the Jason Lee character 'cause I am that guy. I read comics, I go to the mall and I wouldn't fuck Shannen Doherty either. "Which I thought was a real funny line. The guy identified with Jason Lee's character in this movie but all of a sudden at the end he turns out to be gay. "What does that say about me?" And we're sitting in the back like "Well, it says you're fucking gay. What do you mean, what does it say about you?"
But it's great to throw them a curve ball once in awhile because you don't want to become the filmmaker that people know exactly what to expect from. You don't want to keep saying the same thing over and over. It's nice if you have people who are tuning in, who are going to be listening to what you have to say. To broaden their horizons a bit, man. Well, say, look with a character like Jay, whom you consider to be a real guy's guy and say this dude thinks about guys when he jerks off, obviously it's okay, isn't it? Doesn't it make it okay for you as well? Some people become a little more tolerant. You know you're in a position to do some good while you're entertaining.
What a guy. Love him.
But the thing is what I've found is fun to do with that audience, the built-in audience -- predominantly young white men, right, from the burbs all across the country -- it's nice to throw them a curve ball to kind of maybe enlighten them just a bit. Broaden their horizons, for example. I've gotten at least three, four, may five people posting on our web site in the last month alone, asking, "Hey, why did you make Jay gay all of a sudden?" Because in "Dogma," Rufus, the Chris Rock character, supposedly sees things, knows a lot of things. Because he's been dead, he gets to watch the living. And Jay is like "Tell me something about me." And Rufus goes, "You masturbate more than anybody on the planet." Jay goes, "Oh, everybody knows that. Tell me something nobody knows." Rufus goes, "When you do it, you think about guys." There were some people who are fans of ours, young white guys, who identify with that character, who were just like "Well, what the hell does that mean? Why is he all of a sudden gay? And what does that say about me?"
Which is something we heard on "Chasing Amy". Like the Banky character that Jason Lee played. I remember we had a test screening of "Chasing Amy," and there was a cat in the audience in the focus group afterwards who said, "Hey, I watched all Kevin Smith movies and like I loved 'Mallrats,' and I identify with Banky' the Jason Lee character 'cause I am that guy. I read comics, I go to the mall and I wouldn't fuck Shannen Doherty either. "Which I thought was a real funny line. The guy identified with Jason Lee's character in this movie but all of a sudden at the end he turns out to be gay. "What does that say about me?" And we're sitting in the back like "Well, it says you're fucking gay. What do you mean, what does it say about you?"
But it's great to throw them a curve ball once in awhile because you don't want to become the filmmaker that people know exactly what to expect from. You don't want to keep saying the same thing over and over. It's nice if you have people who are tuning in, who are going to be listening to what you have to say. To broaden their horizons a bit, man. Well, say, look with a character like Jay, whom you consider to be a real guy's guy and say this dude thinks about guys when he jerks off, obviously it's okay, isn't it? Doesn't it make it okay for you as well? Some people become a little more tolerant. You know you're in a position to do some good while you're entertaining.
What a guy. Love him.
I love the new trailer. Lance singing makes me all mushy.
Some great shots of his eyes. I love his eyes. I would go see a movie that consisted only of him staring into the camera for two hours.
And he faints! So! Cute!
Joey's cool too. "What is wrong with this guy?!" And I love the hollow noise that Lance makes when he slams his head against the table.
Lance is so... singing
Too bad Justin cut his hair. He could have had a cameo as 'Fro boy.
"Again?"
And we get to see her say stuff about him. Aw...
I love the friends helping bit. Especially Joey. Heh. And I love how shocked Lance is about it all. Gah.
Lance! Punching! Guy! You know Lance said that that was his favorite part of the movie. (and then Justin was all, "You picked that over kissing the girl." Hee.)
Aw... Joey(um... Rod) is so sweet.
Lance! Doing some sort of break-dance thing in his office. So! Cute!
I fear that actually watching this movie might kill me. I'll be the first person to die from being cuted to death. But at least I'd die happy.
Some great shots of his eyes. I love his eyes. I would go see a movie that consisted only of him staring into the camera for two hours.
And he faints! So! Cute!
Joey's cool too. "What is wrong with this guy?!" And I love the hollow noise that Lance makes when he slams his head against the table.
Lance is so... singing
Too bad Justin cut his hair. He could have had a cameo as 'Fro boy.
"Again?"
And we get to see her say stuff about him. Aw...
I love the friends helping bit. Especially Joey. Heh. And I love how shocked Lance is about it all. Gah.
Lance! Punching! Guy! You know Lance said that that was his favorite part of the movie. (and then Justin was all, "You picked that over kissing the girl." Hee.)
Aw... Joey(um... Rod) is so sweet.
Lance! Doing some sort of break-dance thing in his office. So! Cute!
I fear that actually watching this movie might kill me. I'll be the first person to die from being cuted to death. But at least I'd die happy.
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Aug. 24th, 2001 05:38 pmFor some reason, I really like that last "Mine." on the On the Line trailer. JC just sounds all possessive and stuff.
After having watched the trailer about twenty times, I'm taking a break to watch the Quills DVD. Will let y'all know how it is.
After having watched the trailer about twenty times, I'm taking a break to watch the Quills DVD. Will let y'all know how it is.