Not sure how many times I’ve written a “Kevin Smith talks RED STATE” article, but the time has come to write a new one. No, there’s no real development on the project, and we’re no closer to seeing it become a reality. However, if you really want to see that shit, maybe you should just put up the money yourself!
In an interview with CINSSU, Smith spoke a little about the state of the flick – which of course involves him talking about how damn controversial it is – or will be.
“It’s so fucking vicious and nasty and mean and stark and it’s not funny… It’s this weird fucking dark little seventies horror movie…that nobody wants to make.”
So how does Smith get money for a movie no one wants to make? He gets his fans to put up the dough! The COP OUT director talks about the possibility of raising money with donations made by the public through an as-yet-unexistent website.
“We’re kind of creating this website. We’re seeing if it works to set up and collect donations. It becomes a weird tax nightmare, though…It sounded like such an easy thing online…but now there’s lots of checks and balances to make sure we can do it, but if that’s the case, I would be into it, and I’ll match it. Whatever you raise on line, like fuck it, you put it up, I’ll put it up.”
I’m curious about RED STATE, but Smith hasn’t done anything I cared about since CHASING AMY. I won’t be giving him any of my cash (what little there is) – although you have to admire his “anything to get it done” attitude… Meanwhile, the perfectly-titled COP OUT comes out later this month.
Cop Out star Ana de la Reguera
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