Say what you want about Kevin Smith, the man obviously enjoys interacting with his fans; furthermore, he’s not afraid to give up some goods about his in-production horror flick RED STATE. One look at his Twitter page and we now know a lot more about the flick than we previously did, at least in terms of where it’s at and how Smith himself views it.
A sampling of what Smith’s been saying (or tweeting), complete with the questions asked him, in no particular order.
– “How graphic so far, violence-wise?” You won’t forget our first kill. Guar-an-teed…
– “what’s the expected runtime of RED STATE?” Feeling like 80 or 85 mins, when all’s said & done.
– “im a non militant reg old christian, will RED STATE be insulting to me” Christ, no – s’just a horror flick. I swear…
– “are you filming in chronological order” Pretty much. We’re at around 52 minutes right now, with 8 days left to shoot.
– “Filming?” 10 days left. Editorially, I’m current w/what’s shot – so at the wrap party, the crew can watch the entire flick.
– “doing a horror movie w/John Goodman?” His first day’s tomorrow! We start him off by showing him the whole flick thus far.
Smith also dropped a few nuggets without being prompted:
– Act 2 is all about self-sufficiency: relying solely on one’s own abilities to achieve & satisfy. No more intermediates; no more middle-men
– In the 70’s, they made exploitation flicks about devil worship. We flip it on RED STATE – so it’s an exploitation flick about angel worship.
– Another quality RED STATE evenin’. Tonight, we badger Matt Jones. 45 mins of footage cut. We’re halfway done. Parks & Leo & ALL crushing it.
You get the idea. I have to admit I like the whole “exploitation flick about angel worship” notion. It doesn’t sound like he’s going too heavy on the religion/political angle, keeping it strictly horror business, which is a damned good way to go for him. (Not that there’s anything wrong with mixing topicality into the genre, for people who know their way around it.) I also dig that they’re editing simultaneously, and he’s able to show John Goodman the entire rough cut before he even gets into his roll; also pretty cool to show the entire film during the wrap party. An intriguing way to go…
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