From The Tracking Board:
Promoting his latest book, “Shootin’ the Sh*t With Kevin Smith” and an upcoming 15-city tour, writer/director Kevin Smith has announced plans to conduct a 24 hour online Q&A on Twitter for an uninterrupted 24 hours on Labor Day (Monday, September 7th). Not only that, but someone actually issued a press release to announce the publicity stunt, and Smith provided this hilarious quote:
“This is not news at all. In fact, it’s kinda stupid. But I wanna see if I can do it. I’ve been training for this my whole life, simply by being a lazy fat-ass who’d rather stare at a screen than better himself with a brisk constitutional. Someone asked what my training regiment is gonna be, and I told them I’ve already stockpiled lots of Count Chocula.”
How can you not love Kevin Smith? Writing credits include Clerks. (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), and Dogma (1999) — all good movies.
His Twitter address:
http://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith
Currently 1,244,050 followers.
So if you’ve got nothing else to do on Monday, you can track Kevin Smith’s musings on Twitter. And if you want more, go here for Kevin as a guest on “Dinner for Five,” here for a video interview, and here for a written interview.
Easily, he's a pompous jerk who hasn't written a good movie in almost 10 years and whose first movie is terrible in retrospect.
He's possibly one of the biggest jerks I've ever met in person, something that has been seconded by everyone I know who has met him. His blog is that of a whiny baby and all he does is smoke pot and feel sorry for himself.
Dinner for Five, not Table for Five.
Thanks, and amended.
A counterpoint…
Smith is one of the few filmmakers who somehow is allowed to retain a very singular voice in a field awash with sameness. Like Woody Allen, you always know when you're watching a Smith film.
He seems to garner a certain amount of detractors, much like Tarantino, because he's bold enough to make such personal statements on film.
As for being a "pompous jerk," try meeting Werner Herzog sometime. Just for being an American, you've already got a major strike against you…. doesn't negate the fact that he's one of the greatest filmmakers ever.