凱文史密斯：蝙蝠俠是蛋糕上的草莓。

Kevin Smith Explains

Why

Studios Are Afraid of Red State





1. The Movie is "decidedly non-commercial, it’s really fuckin bleak and dark, so bleak that it makes The Dark Knight look like Strawberry Shortcake."

我的新電影根本不可能賣錢，幹他媽的有夠黑暗與暗黑，如此黑暗到黑暗騎士跟我的新電影比起來，只是一顆蛋糕上的草莓。



2. "There’s no character to root for." … "It’s a series of insane, bad choices based on moral or immoral quandaries."

我們一家都是人……這是個建構於道德與非道德困境的錯亂與失策。



3. "Everybody dies."

南無阿密陀佛。



4. "I do expect it to be a real film festival type film that will travel awhile."… "The only way it ever does business theatrically is if there’s like some kind of water cooler chat about it based on the festival showings."

我對新電影的期許是影展甜心……唯一有可能刺激票房的方法，就是清潔人員在影展期間談起。



5. "They’re just like 'there’s no audience for this movie.' Like, nobody wants to see a movie this dark."

這片就像是「沒有人想看的那種電影」那種電影。再次重申，我的新電影根本不可能賣錢，幹他媽的有夠黑暗與暗黑，如此黑暗到黑暗騎士跟我的新電影比起來，只是一顆蛋糕上的草莓。





"Based on all that nobody wants to write a check for it and I kind of get it. I'm not sitting here going 'What? Why wouldn't you want to finance a loser?'," Smith says, later adding. "I've done comedy after comedy after comedy, and to do a movie that's kind of 180 degrees away from that is, a test of sorts, where I get to see if I'm truly a filmmaker or just a dick and fart joke guy. No matter how it works out, I think I'd be content. Like, if it does work I’d be like 'wow I know it! I am a filmmaker as well.' If it doesn't I'd just be like 'alright I'm back to the dick and far joke salt mine."



我可以理解為什麼沒有人想把錢砸在一個輸家身上，而凱文史密斯選擇不坐以待斃。我一生都在拍搞笑電影，我必須拍個一百八十度大轉變的黑暗電影，來檢視凱文史密斯是否真的可以被稱為導演，或者只是個沉默的鮑柏。不論結果好與壞，至少我努力過。假設結果是好，我會說：「哇！凱文史密斯果然是日舞影展的驕傲！」假設結果是壞，我會說：「好吧！凱文史密斯繼續扮演沉默的鮑柏好了。」





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