Kevin Smith to self release his new film "Red State"

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Here's a review:

SUNDANCE REVIEW: Todd McCarthy Looks At Kevin Smith's 'Red State'
5:20 AM 1/24/2011 by Todd McCarthy
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PARK CITY -- A subversive little comic horror film that represents a shot across the bow at extreme fundamentalist bigots but hits a few other targets along with them, Red State is cleverly contrarian enough to get a rise out of almost any audience.



Clearly driven by outrage over the anti-gay fulminations of some American Christian pastors, Kevin Smith’s aggressively profane script works startling twists on scare film conventions while also taking the U.S. government to task for its simplistic use of terrorist threats as an excuse to do anything it wants. Bypassing conventional distribution, Smith plans to take the innately controversial $4 million picture on the road for a series of one-night stands beginning March 5 at Radio City Music Hall, to be followed by Oct. 19 release on Smith’s SModcast. Based on the sense of showmanship Smith displayed at the protest-marked Sundance premiere, he will have no trouble luring an audience on either of these circuits.

Against the backdrop of radical religious protests at the funeral of a murdered gay student, three horny teenage boys (Michael Angarano, Nicholas Braun, Kyle Gallner) make an online date with an older woman willing to take on the trio simultaneously. After much crudely funny sex talk, the threesome sets out at night just like any boys in a hundred other teen hi-jinks comedies. Arriving at the woman’s remote rural trailer home after sideswiping the parked car of the local police chief (who’s getting serviced by another man at the time), the boys are first offered beer, from which they promptly pass out.

When the boys awaken, they realize they’ve gotten screwed, all right, but not in the way they intended. They’re now prisoners of the area’s notorious Pastor Abin Cooper (Michael Parks), a man who so rabidly professes his belief that the homosexual is Satan’s agent on Earth that even the neo-Nazis disown him. He is also convinced that the End Times are nigh, that humanity has degenerated so much that “God’s done with it.” Whatever he has in store for the boys will assuredly not be pretty.

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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. The Trailer looks pretty dark and Kevin is honing his craft

A wild departure for the director, who's made his career with comedies like 'Clerks', 'Dogma' and 'Chasing Amy,' 'Red State' marks Smith's first foray into the world of horror cinema. The journey from idea to the screen has been a long and arduous process, but it appears as though 'Red State' has come out stronger for enduring the adversity.

The new teaser, which debuted on Smith's Smodcast website, can be found after the jump. It looks distinctly different from any of Smith's other offerings, featuring a dark and grimy visual aesthetic that's a million miles removed from his lighter fare.


One of the things that really stands out in the clip (aside from the dark and muted color scheme -- one that was almost assuredly employed to make the red of the blood stand out that much more) is Smith's reliance on tracking shots. Some of the camera movements highlighted in the trailer seem much more involved than ones in earlier features from the director. It's exciting to see Smith still honing his craft and trying new things.





It's hard to get a real feel for the story of 'Red State' from the trailer, but we do know the film is about a group of teenage misfits who encounter religious extremists after answering an online ad for a sexual encounter. Smith has stated that the idea was inspired by Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps. It's an easy connection to make when the trailer cuts to a closing shot of actor Michael Parks saying "I fear God. You better believe I fear God."



Trailer link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOvbSKO6SMM


I really liked his Podcast on the real story of Jay and silent Bob
and his other works.

[Gman]

2. It just has to have at least a cameo by Jay and Silent Bob

he could make 'em fit!

[Recursion]

5. He's said he's not going to work with Mewes again

after Mewes stole his credit card and used it to buy heroin.

[piratefish08]

7. drug dealers take credit now?

who knew?

[Recursion]

8. ATMs give out cash advances (nt)

[Gman]

11. OMG! I had no idea...

but I'm really not surprised at Mewes and heroin. And junkies just cannot be trusted.

[blogslut]

3. Yessssssss

Yes, indeed.

[blogslut]

4. PICS!

(stolen from http://www.daylife.com/search/photos/1/grid?q=kevin+smith">DayLife)

[Kingofalldems]

6. Oh no! Not Bronson!

[TicketyBoo]

9. Then Came…

[xchrom]

10. can't wait -- can not wait to see it. nt