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Kevin Smith's True Independence
Seventeen years ago Kevin Smith hit the independent film scene with 'Clerks'. The film became an instant hit at Sundance, and Smith became a hero to aspiring filmmakers everywhere. You all know the story - a young convenient store clerk saves up and shoots a small film at the place he works during off hours. Total budget? $27, 575. Total gross after US theater run? $3 million. Moral of the story? Anyone can make a film.
Today, Smith is not only telling people they can make their own film, but they can also distribute it, too. To hell with the studios, right? The director is setting out to prove this method of creative self empowerment by taking his latest film 'Red State' on the road to selected cities. "Red State' premiered at Sundance to mixed reviews. It was thought to easily secure a distributor, but Smith surprised the audience as he bought the film from himself for $20 and announced his tour.
Here is the entire speech.
'Red State' is considered a departure from the directors usual comedic fare. The story centers on a group of teen boys who encounter a murderous group of fundamentalists after responding to a sex ad. Want to see the film? Chere here to find out if it's coming to a theater near you:
- March 5th – Radio City Music Hall, NY, NY
- March 6th – Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA
- March 8th – Harris Theater, Chicago, IL
- March 9th – State Theater, Minneapolis, MN
- March 10th – Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
- March 11th – Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis, IN
- March 12th – Midland Theater, Kansas City, MO (right in the backyard of the hateful Fred Phelps)
- March 14th – Clark State PAC, Springfield OH
- March 22nd – Paramount Theater, Denver, CO
- March 26th – McAlister Auditorium, New Orleans, LA
- March 28th – Paramount Theater, Austin, TX
- March 29th – Cobb Energy Centre, Atlanta, GA
- April 4th – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA
The Spill Crew has been criticized for being a little too rough on 'ol Mr. Smith lately. Hey, we love the guy. Do we love all his movies? Weeeeeellllll...
But hey, we support anyone shoving a big middle finger to the man and saying, "Get in my way and I'll do it myself!" Agree? Disagree?
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Comment by The Dubya on January 27, 2011 at 1:17am -
The idea of distributing your own film does sound appealing and genuine....but not in the way he's describing. Like everyone else such as MDS have viciously pointed out, Kevin Smith has the luxury of already being a household name, so it'd be totally easy to make a buck off a film if he distributed it himself for cheap. Most first time indy filmmakers can't even scrounge up anywhere close to a million dollars, nonetheless make a profit from their film by themselves. I mean would Oren Peli have made any money off of Paranormal Activity if it wasn't for their creative Twitter-driven advertising campaign? Hell no.
I would QUITE call him George Lucas just yet....just very very naive and insecure.
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Comment by Iffy on January 27, 2011 at 1:12am -
Flight attendant Voice Over: This afternoon's inflight movie will be Kevin Smith's ''Red State'". Enjoy flying with Southwest Airlines.
*collective groan from everyone on board*
Random Passenger: I think I'll be needing that Ambien now.
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Comment by bobbyd on January 26, 2011 at 11:51pm -
Man!
He needs to hold an inflight screening on a Southwest flight?
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Comment by Rabid Chicken on January 26, 2011 at 7:52pm -
Hey guys, this is a brilliant idea! Self distribution and what not, if Kevin Smith can do it, we can all do it too!
Oh wait, we can't because he's just selling his film to his own fanbase, but not every indie filmmaker (certainly not a new one) has that fanbase yet, or the resources to distribute their films.
I'm not a hater of Mr Smith, I like some of his work, but let's not forget that he's used the traditional method of film distribution before, be it via a studio or his own production company, which many other filmmakers have done.
Don't dellude yourself into thinking that this will revolutionise the way films are distributed because it won't, not everyone has the means to do this. It's a cool idea, I mean Kevin Smith is essentially saying 'fuck you!' to the fatcat studio excutives, 'I'll release my own GODDAMN film, yeah take that, EPIC WIN! but the idea is not widely accessible to everyone. Smith can do it, Tarantino could do it,Rodriguez could do it; just not you.
Sorry, but hey that's reality.
Who know's maybe in a few years time Kevin Smith will perfect this whole self distribution technique. In fact he'll be so god at it, he'll give the brand spanking new indie filmmakers a hand with distributing their works his way, if the pay him first.
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Comment by Mike M. on January 26, 2011 at 5:22pm -
@fungusmonkey and MDS,
You guys need your own weekly forum.
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Comment by T.C. on January 26, 2011 at 5:15pm -
It won't be.
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Comment by Paradox on January 26, 2011 at 4:54pm -
This better be a better than sex film
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Comment by T.C. on January 26, 2011 at 3:04pm
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Smith was one of the forerunners of independent film making. He is he inspiration to countless. He proved anyone can do this movie making thing before everyone was doing it on a daily basis on you tube. Now, he's not only knocking the big cats out of the way who are all about the money, he's about to change pirating. This is a dangerous gambit, but it can only be a good thing. I'm not only excited to see what this film does, but what this decision does to film making. I'm not a Smith fanatic, but I definitely respect the guy for his style of business.
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Comment by El Jefe on January 26, 2011 at 1:19pm -
dood no california... bummer
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Comment by Stephanie on January 26, 2011 at 11:58am -
Springfield Ohio, really? He really doesn't want to make any money. He could have least shown it here in Columbus, Ohio. Okay..... whatever Kevin Smith.
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