Posted by BankHoldupGirl at dialup-209.245.78.150.losangeles1.level3.net on October 18, 1999 at 18:45:32:
In Reply to: EW Article..Best Official Sites..View Askew-YA!!!! posted by Beautiful Babies on October 17, 1999 at 22:07:16:
: If anyone is intersted, there is an article giving a congrats to the View Askew website and listing it as one of the "Best Official Sites". The article is not available at the EW website yet because the issue is still being sold on newstands, but since it was particularly short, I thought I'd type it up for you:
: "...Still, plenty of auteurs are skillfully represented on the Net, and now that summer blockbusters are turning into Oscar bait, it's a good time to honor the director's vision online...But it's suprising that so few directors - a notoriously control-hungry bunch - have devoted creative resources to building their own websites the way Kevin Smith has at View Askew (www.viewaskew.com). As he did with earlier films, Smith supplies Dogma watchers with trailers, behind-the-scenes photos, original artwork, and a regularly updated diary. But the director has really sent the fans into heavenly orbit by holding chats with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and the rest of the cast during rehearsals; inviting his bulletin board participants to be extras; and playing out the entire flap over the movie's religious themes on the site - he even posts a hate letter sent in by a former Disney stockholder. View Askew is an aficionado's dream, and it's no suprise: Smith hired the creator of a fan site to run the show."
: He is mentioned among with directors Spike Jonze, Martin Scorsese, and Stanley Kubrick just to name a few. Check out the article in this weeks Entertainment Weekly (Oct. 22, 1999). Because Kevin is mentioned, I think it is definately worth the $3.00. He just doesn't seem to get the credit he deserves. We should encourage the pulication of more article like the one above!
: A devoted fan....
: Shellie