Clerks

Clerks is one of my favorite movies. With how young I was when I first watched it, it was hard to understand how important this movie was and still is. Over the years, I noticed more and more things about the movie compared to the library of other movies. I’ve seen throughout my life and the impact it has had since its release. While the movie itself is fantastic in its own right, the story of the movie being written and produced is the best part about its existence. Kevin Smith’s story is one of the most interesting and compelling of any human that has ever walked this earth, in my humble opinion. How an early 20s convenience store clerk from New Jersey scraped together $27,000 between selling his comic book collection and credit cards to make a crude little black and white flick with his friends about running a convenience store is nothing less than incredible and amazingly inspirational. This movie ended up being one of the most profitable in the history of film in terms of return on investment. This movie and the history behind it makes you feel like you can accomplish whatever you want. "If he did it, why not me?" From the dialog to the cast to the dozens of seeds of in-jokes being planted to the sheer innocence of the flick, there's so much to love about this film. Not the least of which is the universe of characters and interweaving stories from future Kevin Smith works. Flicks like Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and two more Clerks sequels and others in various media forms. In nearly every movie he's done after Clerks, there's SOMETHING connecting back to that first movie. Little jokes, references, additional info about plot points, and of course, Jay & Silent Bob: The very fabric that holds the View Askewniverse together. These two pop up in every VA movie save for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Drawing Flies, Jersey Girl, and Vulgar. Possibly the most unlikely film duo to become pop culture mainstays. All of it began with Clerks. The importance of this film is very difficult to understate. I mean, it's been entered in to the Library of Congress. You don't need to win an Oscar or an Emmy to have made an important work of art and being in the LOC demonstrates importance as well as anything. If you've not seen this movie, please watch it. It's unusual and may not seem interesting by just reading a synopisis on the internet- but 5 or so minutes in, you'll be stuck on it and fascinated as to how this cheaply made black and white movie about a day in the life of two convenience store employees can steal so much of your interest and attention. It's the "first step into a larger world", so when you're done with Clerks, move on to the rest of the View Askew movies. What makes Clerks so great can be found in no short supply in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (yes; they got their own movie), Jersey Girl, Clerks II, Zack and Miri Make A Porno, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (yes; they got their own reboot!), and Clerks III. Side note: actors like Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, all of them took their first steps to becoming the icons they are now in Kevin Smith's movies and legends like Alan Rickman, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Mark Hamill, Alanis Morrisette, and Val Kilmer amongst others have all lent their talents in his movies as well.

I was watching a YouTube video featuring a discussion between two PhDs and one explained a scene from this movie and the other PhD said "Yes, I've seen that movie too!" That's all I needed to know before buying this movie. Its raunchy humor is hilarious, and it's now oje of my favorites.

Two great Smith movies in one place

GREAT product/$

Service was prompt ,DVD in excellent condition

It's well worth the price.

And it works. Classic.

Such an excellent movie. It NEVER needed a sequel

O filme, uma comédia, é ótimo para quem entende bem as legendas em inglês. É uma pena mas não tem legendas em português

Aunque actualmente la puedes ver On Demand en Disney + no hay nada como tenerla en físico… esta versión si viene con subtítulos en español y muy buenos extras y si eres fan del Director Kevin Smith debes tenerla en tu colección

Both great movies - and not just for Kevin Smith fans

Wanted both of these titles for my collection and to get them together even better.

Discs auf gut Glück bestellt, da Clerks II sonst nicht auf BD zubekommen ist. Läuft wunderbar auf meinem panasonic 4K Player. Keine dt. Tonspur vorhanden. Filme sind beide klasse. Leider ist die Hülle etwas kaputt, obwohl die eingeschweißt war.