What are you watching?

[Wayno]

I remember liking Dogma (though I don't recall anything about it) but remember liking Mallrats and Clerks (especially Clerks) more. Having worked retail, Clerks really speaks to me. Also, the dialogue was outstanding. Especially the Start Wars stuff.

"The Big Kahuna" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" are two films I adore immensely. They're basically set in one room and the characters just talk. I'd liken Clerks to those films but replace business men with high school underachievers and it still works. I think calling it a "stoner classic" does it a disservice. There's some very 90s stuff in there that hasn't aged well but the majority still stands up really well. Considering the budget, the lengths he went to in order to get it made and the unfortunate stench of Kevin Smith being high on his own supply for decades, it's still a great piece of work.

I watched Glengarry Glen Ross last month, felt it was more suited to the theatre but some incredible performances in it nonetheless. I'll give Clerks a go.

It was adapted from a stage play. So was The Big Kahuna. And they both star Kevin Spacey.

I love all the performances in GGR. He's only in it for one scene but Alec Baldwin's scene (not in the stage play) is my favourite scene. "Second prize is a set of steak knives. " Pure administrative cruelty. Also, Shelley Levine is the inspiration for Gil in The Simpsons.