by Fred Topel
“I look at porn every morning.”
– Kevin Smith
Actor, writer, director and comic book buff Kevin Smith, whose breakthrough film was 1994’s Clerks, is at his best when he’s just talking. He even figured that out, so in between actual movies, he films his college Q&A tours to release An Evening With Kevin Smith DVDs, the third of which is now in stores. Smith’s movies force him to take break from his raw wit for things like plot and character development. But at least when he makes them, we get to hear some unedited Smith-isms when we interview him.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno is Smith’s latest film, which he wrote, directed and edited. Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks star as the title couple, childhood friends who think homemade porn, more specifically a homespun version of Star Whores, is their ticket out of debt. The joke is that Zack and Miri are pretty incompetent when it comes to making erotica, but clearly Kevin Smith knows his stuff, referencing the greats like Edward Penishands.
We chat with Smith, who owns and operates East and West Coast comic stores, about his latest flick and his favorite big screen comic book franchises (he was fortunate to get an early look at J.J. Abrams new incarnation of Star Trek).
Read our exclusive interview with Kevin Smith on SuicideGirls.com/.
