Serious love all the way. nt

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: : Today's the day. Took us awhile to get here (all of us; you guys too), and months : of delivery : : crisis after delivery crisis (and other cliche' child-bearing metaphors), the kid's out : there. : : Underweight, and a bit traumatized, but out there, finally. : : Thanks for the continued support, folks. Like I've said, I make these flicks for : myself first, : : then you folks right after me. And I mean YOU folks - the board folks. I mean, : that's the : : audience to me, really. You're not a nebulous, faceless mass; I've met most of : you. I : : recognize your names when we run into one another at Q&A's and whatnot. I said : in some : : interview lately (forgive me; most of them are a blur at this point) that I feel like I've : met : : every supporter of our stuff, thanks to the low ceiling on the box office we've had. : And : : while that's probably not plausible, I don't know any other way to describe how : integral you : : guys are to my process. The wife wasn't bullshitting the other day in her post: I get : up and : : head straight to the board. When we're watching TV at night, I'm on the board. : You guys : : are the fuel that keeps me going. Passion will only take a brother so far : (particularly when it : : feels like the fates are trying to fuck him with a massive, glass dildo); a kind word : from : : extended family will put him across the finish line. So many thanks for the copious : kind : : words along the way. : : Christ, this was tough. It wasn't "Dogma" tough (my life didn't get threatened this : time : : around), but it was close. The Uphill Bennifer Battle was pretty daunting, but I : think we may : : have gotten over that hump. Then, just when I thought it was safe to go back in the : water, : : the long, sharp critical knives come out. I almost forgot how much critics hate : sentiment : : (almost; I'm WELL reminded this morning, believe me). When all's said and done, : I may be : : facing down the harshest reviews we've gotten since "Mallrats" (and I DO say "I"; at : this point : : in the process, the bucks stops at me, and I'm the one in the crosshairs; those : reviews don't : : read "Smith and Co. went soft and cliche'..." - they read "Smith went soft and : cliche'..."). But : : to borrow a metaphor from an insanely successful movie (ripped from eons-old, : powerful : : source material), you guys are my Simon of Cyrene. I'll reach Golgotha because : you folks : : have helped shoulder the burden. : : And you haven't been alone. Mosier - dear, sweet Mosier - has been there for me, : as : : always. Phil Benson, John Pierson, Jon Gordon, Janet Maslin, John Sloss, Phil : Raskind, Harvey : : Weinstein, Amanda Lundberg, Liz Berger, Tony Angellotti, Gail and Byron Stanley, : Bryan : : Johnson, Walt Flanagan (who, shockingly, loved the movie), Malky Ingram, : Mewes, Chris : : Ryall, Bob Chapman, Don & Jerry, Mom & even good ol', dearly-departed Dad : have been : : there for support when I've needed it the most. The kid? Well, she's never been : secretive : : about how much she'd rather see "Scooby Doo 2." It's cool. When she's older, : she'll : : appreciate Dad's love letter. : : But the true, un-sung hero in all of this... the gorgeous chick riding shotgun who's : suffered : : through the ups and downs of what became a two year plus cluster-fuck of agony : and : : ecstasy... has always been Jen. She was the first to read the fever-pitch-born fifty : pages : : back in 1999/2000, so if there's anyone who's lived this flick as hard and long as I : have, it's : : my one true; my Super-Pal. She's the constant in a world of heart-breaking : inconsistencies. : : I love her more than peanut butter (and look at me: you can TELL how much I love : peanut : : butter). : : So today we'll get to see if Lady Box Office agrees with my perception of : fatherhood. I won't : : lie: I'm praying to The Christ that this picture's got legs. I'm hoping that word of : mouth : : spreads like wild fire (because the lion's share of the critics aren't helping much, I'll : tell ya'). : : But far more than that, I'm counting on the fact that - like "Clerks" - ten years from : now, : : this flick still means something to folks who re-watch it, or check it out for the first : time. : : Making movies for the box office is a fool's errand; longevity is the key. After a : decade of : : doing this, that becomes clear. It may be called "show business", but I'm all about : the : : former, and less about the latter. In this brave, new world of multiple revenue : streams, : : making money's a foregone conclusion (particularly when you work as cheaply - : yes, : : amazingly, in this day and age, thirty five million is considered cheap - as I do. : Making 'em : : laugh and making 'em feel? That's the rare commodity that keeps me in Vans and : custom : : basketball shooters. : : Go out and see the flick this weekend. Take a hundred friends (or at least one). : Then, go : : home and get laid. That's my plan. : : And then, Monday morning, it's back to the drawing board for me, Wile E. Coyote : style. Get : : ready for rounds Seven and Eight (oooo, wait'll you see what I've got up my : sleeve...).

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