Posted by Neil at 209.245.186.206 on September 05, 2001 at 20:04:56:
LSUKozemp posted on the last board under the title "the 'grand guignol' bit from the Dogma DVD" –
: So I finally got around to watching the Dogma DVD this past week and something struck me.
: I was watching the bit towards the end, the extended scene with Azrael and everyone in the bar. For those who haven't seen, in the clip is a much longer version of the scene in the movie, and in it Azrael tries to describe what hell is like to Bethany and everyone.
: What struck me was that the speech he gives is very reminiscent of the one Lucifer gives in SANDMAN, in Season of Mists when he quits and abandons hell. If you go back and look at it they're pretty damn similar.
: I was just wondering if Gaiman's bit was a sort of direct inspiration for Kevin's work in the film, or if it was just another one of those synchronicity things.
The Grand Guignol bit was supposed to be what we WOULD HAVE SEEN in the images of Hell had the scene been kept intact and effects created for it. As it is, there is just a card explaining where the Grand Guignol bit would have gone. Not terribly bold, dramatic, gruesome or horrible.
For the record, though, Kevin did thank a number of comic creators in the credits for DOGMA and Gaiman is prominent among them.