Posted by ChrisMoses at adsl-66-140-59-186.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net on October 04, 2003 at 01:28:24:
In Reply to: Big Day in View Askew History, Past and Present posted by Kevin on October 04, 2003 at 01:13:08:
: Ten years ago today (October 3, 1993) "Clerks" screened publicly for the first time, at the
: IFFM. For those who've followed our antics, you'll recall that it was at that screening Bob
: Hawk saw the flick and recommended it to Amy Taubin (who wrote glowingly about "Clerks"
: in the Village Voice - the article which first brought us to the attention of Mark Tusk, the
: then-head of acquisitions at Miramax), Peter Broderick (who would later write about "Clerks"
: in Filmmaker Magazine), and Larry Kardish (who selected the film for the New Directors/New
: Films series at the Museum of Modern Art, the sister program of the New York Film Festival).
: Thanks to everyone here who would later discover the flick themselves and dig on it -
: maybe even moreso than the folks previously mentioned. Not a day goes by that I'm not
: grateful for the support (hence Stash Bash). However, without that screening - and Bob
: Hawk being AT that screening - none of you ever would've seen the flick.
: And I'd still be working at Quick Stop, no doubt.
: Ten years. In the words of Anthony Hopkins in "Meet Joe Black" - "Doesn't it go by in a
: blink?"
: Big Day, Part Two...
: The Playboy shoot was today, and it went excellently.
: A bit of background: along with a bunch of other directors (not sure if Playboy announced
: them yet, so I don't wanna list them here), I was asked to shoot my idea of something erotic
: for a pictorial that's to run in the 50th Anniversary, slated to hit stands in December. The
: idea was to shoot anything I wanted that I felt was a turn-on.
: Naturally, I picked Jen.
: Fuck, did she look amazing! We shot about six different set-ups (some scantily-clad, most
: completely nude), and Jen was absolutely fearless... not to mention insanely sexy. It was a
: pretty cool thing to do as a married couple, and something we'll always have to look back
: on years from now, when we both keep our teeth in cups on the sink. I'm so proud of her,
: and crushing big time right about now. Wife, mother, and now, a Bunny too.
: And wait'll you see the theme...