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Kevin Smith Part 2: Writing & Filmmaking


Writer / Director Kevin Smith talks about how he started writing and making movies, his growth as a film maker and the advantages of being in film school for 16 years

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25 Responses to “Kevin Smith Part 2: Writing & Filmmaking”

  1. TheLaughingMan69 on March 13th, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Fuck James Camron and his Avatar bullshit. This guy should’ve made that superman movie however he wanted.

  2. + he can be fat and still be spotlight, defiantly a Leo thing.

  3. I don’t get why he’s saying he’s getting the hanging of it now, when his new stuff is terrible in comparison to his classics…I would’ve hated chasing amy with that cast…

  4. PanayotiProductions on March 13th, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    hes neurotic leo with a leo moon :0 very smart but he has huge confidence probs. nonetheless i like him.

  5. murray1234567891011 on March 13th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    I disagree that thats the same thing at all

  6. @murray1234567891011
    That implies that if the first thing you write isn’t any good then you shouldn’t continue. Nothing could be more damaging to say to a group of budding writers or people of any profession. Shane Black’s (Lethal Weapon) first story was called “Super Pooper.” Quentin Tarantino’s first scripts were all 15 pages that ended up going nowhere and he never finished. Should these men have just decided they couldn’t write and stopped?

  7. murray1234567891011 on March 13th, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    but you can only write if you can write

  8. MangaMoogleMan on March 13th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    I guess that’s a legitimate criticism, but really, when people are asking him questions about himself, who is he supposed to talk about? If you asked him directly about the film making process, he’d probably tell you. But I don’t think was the question. I think the interview probably asked something about how *he* got into film making and his take on his career.

  9. Because you get as close to the real person as you (in most cases) will ever be (and that sometimes is so different from what you may believe to know)
    ;)

  10. i like this guy.

  11. soonersfan2004 on March 13th, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    I’ve always hated the fact that I didn’t know how to shoot video or edit. But I bought this book that really helped me along

    shop(.)daily-payday(.)com/2/filmmaking(.)php?id=73196

  12. he’s very modest good job kev i’ll go see cop out anyways cuz i like bruce willis as a cop since die hard

  13. I like him and I own all his “Evening with Kevin Smith” DVD’s, but something has always frustrated me about him and I figured out what it is.

    He has a weird way of doing these interviews, where he spends all his time detailing stuff that happened to him and no time describing the actual process of filmmaking. I think he just relies on his talent, which is why his only comments have been “you can write or you can’t,” which isn’t true…and why he’s taken so long to develop as a filmmaker.

  14. Why do I always become so fascinated by people after watching interviews for them EVERY TIME!

  15. or… ” At the end of the day!”

  16. “And shit like that.” Heh, he loves that phrase. I suppose it’s infinitely more tolerable than “Know what I’m sayin ?” though.

    Lookin forward to his new flicks. Love his work. He’s got alot of funny stories behind his career and whatnot. I’ve watched all these videos a bunch of times I think. Good stuff.

  17. yeah but i thought he quit ^^ cool

  18. I know a lot of people give him shit about his directing, but there’s more to directing than having cool lighting and shots and crazy shit. Part of good directing is getting a good performance out of the actors in it, and I think Kevin Smith gets great performances out of his actors period.

  19. Kevin has admitted to smoking a lot of wacky tobaccy

  20. I just noticed theres a bong in the background, the thing to his left in the closet ^^ its black and u cant really see it clearly but im pretty sure thats a bong :P

  21. I always wanted to know what a great movie maker like Kevin Smith would do with a big budget on an action movie ^^

    cant wait to see it.

  22. SirHatchporch on March 13th, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    You know, I love how self-deprecating Kevin is. There’s nothing b.s. about the guy. And he always tells a great story.

  23. I wonder how many movies he turned down, and which movie scripts they were…

  24. I respect him a lot as a writer. But he’s not exactly a great director.

  25. @virtr3uoso nothing

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