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If you’re not one of the lucky cities that director Kevin Smith is touring his controversial new movie RED STATE in, the chances are you’ll never get to see his (almost always) entertaining Q&A session that would follow the film. But thanks to YouTube, you can see Kevin answer many of the obvious questions surrounding the movie, and his career origins and online future. It’s not terribly long, and there’s some interesting stuff in here. Notice the obvious missing opening, as the first section of the interview kicks off strangely, not even showing Smith’s entrance. I wonder why they edited this the way they did, I would have enjoyed seeing it in its entirety, but oh well. I particularly like Kev’s honest answer on the last question. So often we see accomplished directors getting asked what the future holds, but Smith puts his reply in a way that is the most obvious and yet least stated way. Say what you want about the man, but he definitely knows how to make his on-the-mic talks interesting. Now if only I could get him to reply about bringing RED STATE to Dallas for the Dallas Comic Con this May 21-22…
This first vid is Kevin introducing his YouTube interview.
And the next five vids are the interview itself.
RED STATE opens (we think) October 19, 2011
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
