This is we need more of, hard working spies,especially sharp dressed ones Here's a little Dogma for you. Beware there may be spoilers ahead.
Sharp-Dressed Man Here
-Suit's in the shop, so I went fanboy today to the Comic-Con International in San Diego. but no one cares about my fashionsense, on to the kevin smith dish!
-Dogma, it appears, will not see the light of day until probably October, according to the engaging Mr. Smith. They're working on a rough cut now, and it will be ready by this December. However, Miramax is holding the film to screen at Cannes in May. This COULD mean a summer release. However, most movies follow a track of promotion that takes a couple of months, putting it out in October of '99. In Additon...well... (they didn't mention this but I'm sure they're thinking it)... does anyone WANT to release a movie in early summer? If they're shooting for Academy attention, they wait for fall or they release it in winter (when bad films are plentiful and noteworthy ones stick out); plus there's the hulking juggernaut of a movie that's going to completely lay waste to box office receipts "800 lb gorilla-ing" it's way to the local cineplex on on May 22. Good for them, I say; sure we've gotta wait some more, but hey! it's a free trip to france for J&SB, and they deserve it for Dogma.
How do I know, you say?
-THEY SHOWED A CLIP FROM DOGMA !!!!!! OH SWEET BABY YESS!!!
SPOILERS ... but not 'luke's father is ...' level, by any means 3.. 2.. 1..
-a segue scene set in a diner, when Jay and Silent Bob have rescued linda fiorintino's character Bethany from a trio of hell's minions. she's just realized that These guys are very special and she needs to take them with her to new jersey(this part of the movie being in Chicago). a fantastic diatribe on john hughes movies from jay, explaining why they are in chi-town. I believe the specifics have been covered elsewhere on-site. a fantastic Star Wars reference and some truly disgusting comments from Jay were among the highlights. The film was shot in 'anamorphic 2:35' which is greek to me but it did look slightly 'more' widescreen then most letterbox videos i've seen. VERY COOL!
-on a lesser note a strange trailer for dogma was shown that was put together by miramax to entice foreign distributors. "strange?", you say? Well, it was made before any of Dogma was actually FILMED. Fortunately, Mirimax had the prophecy to pull flashcuts of angels to pull from... with the title 'angels have attitude'... then the flaming skull fireball from the Fifth Element is shown with the title 'and satan has automatic weapons'.. and then (I KID YOU NOT) scenes from the fifth element featuring automatic weapons fired and for some reason a rocket launcher blowing up a bar are featured. Very surreal, and very funny.
"every girl Crazy 'bout a..."
ahh, whatever
-Sharp Dressed Man
