David's World

August 19, 2006

Clerks II by Kevin Smith / Rosario I love you!

If you expect to see American comedy, you'll be disappointed. This is witty, completely non-p.c., full of no-no words that the average Christian American considers taboo. I love it!

The new picture by "bad child" US film-maker Kevin Smith (Dogma, Chasing Amy) "Clerks II" consists mostly of impolite dialogue and a little bit of movie around it. In fact, Smith seized every opportunity to cram more dialogue into the script, as he said during yesterday's UK premiere in Edinburgh.

Clerks II is about two guys who just can't get away from their sad working lives. 12 years Quick Mart, and now they're at a second-class fast food restaurant. Thank God there's a love story built in, with one of Hollywood's hottest young faces, Rosario Dawson. Smith gave her a lot of credit at the premiere. "We were like... this isn't going to work", Smith said, "a Rosario would never fuck a guy like Brian O'Halloran. But the way she comes across... you think: hey, could be!".

The making of the movie has received quite a bit of attention, since Smith posted out-takes and video reports on a blog. Smith is not just a great (ex-)indie filmmaker, but also a smart underground marketer. Viral marketing works. Like, I'm blogging about him.