Posted by SodaPimp at c1018655-a.grlnd1.tx.home.com on November 27, 1999 at 02:24:19:
This is basicly a post for Kevin in hopes he'll *eventualy* see it =). basicly ive recently become a big fan of yours and was wondering (although im sure this is probably the question you hear the most and have the most irratation answering =P) where you got your start. i myself am newly intrested in making movies (mostly due to your films) and have no clue where to get started, your films are such great films in that at first people like them because they laugh thier asses off but also after a couple time watching it (it takes that long to see past the jokes...maybe their just too funny =P) you notice the underlying theme (maybe im slow but it took me awhile to put it together), all of your movies deal with topics that affect people (work - clerks, romance - mallrats, lesbians/gays - chasing amy and religion - dogma...and in all of them is friendship between guys) and with the humor as well as the way you deal with whatever your talking about, you end up making just a really really good movie, the most amazing thing is that you dont have a huge ass budget (and you make huge ass profits, talk about a sweet deal for you =P) and actors and actresses actulay WANT to be in them (i saw that shit part you gave janeane garafolo in dogma =)...aside from the capitalistic point of view that your making enormous amounts of money for having fun and not spending much im just curious with how you (sorry its getting mushy...*sniffles*) write so well and is that simply expieriance or just intuition and talent. sorry about all the really horrible grammar in this, i never made good grades in english (score number one for being a movie writer =), hope ya can formulate an answer to this without totaly bashing me =P, thanks
---James