Kevin Smith Upclose and Personal

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2011

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Filmmaker Kevin Smith talks candidly about his admiration for Wayne Gretzky, his love of marijuana and his innovative plan to distribute his new movie, Red State, himself. We met with Smith as he embarks on a cross country tour screening the film in major venues. He discusses his rationale for bucking the traditional marketing route, reflects on his career in Hollywood, how smoking pot makes him more at ease with himself, and how some of his box office failures made him re-evaluate his ambition as a filmmaker.

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.
0:06.4	You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time.
0:12.1	Everybody thinks your business, really, really, all white life.
0:17.8	What's with him?
0:20.5	Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.
0:24.1	This week on the business, filmmaker Kevin Smith talks about trying to distribute his new comic horror movie, Red State, on his own.
0:32.5	Plus, Smith discusses his adoration of Wayne Gretzky, whom he's never met, and his love of pot, which he smokes daily.
0:40.2	But first, it's the Hollywood news banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.
0:45.0	You can imagine Hollywood everything is really driven by making money.
0:50.0	What's with him?
0:50.8	I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood. Hollywood.
0:55.0	I'm joined by my co-banterer, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.
0:59.0	Hello, John.
1:00.1	Hello, Kim.
1:01.2	So, John, Rupert Murdoch is about to turn 80, and he's made some moves lately.
1:07.3	I mean, people have noticed this big birthday coming, but he's also been making some
1:11.1	moves lately trying to bring the children together. Yeah, I'll say. We all wish we had parents
1:17.5	like this. Yes. So he reached an agreement last week to buy News Corp, Rupert's company, to buy
1:23.9	the company that Elizabeth Murdoch, his daughter started, called Shine,
1:28.5	which produces TV shows like The Biggest Loser and Master Chef.
1:32.3	Those who don't know, News Corp is a global media conglomerate in the United States,
1:37.4	probably best known for the movie studio, 20th century Fox, the Fox Network, Fox News,
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