Clerks 1994

Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith in his feature directorial debut.[2] Starring Smith along with Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, and Scott Mosier (with whom he also produced and edited the film), it presents a day in the lives of store clerks Dante Hicks (O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Anderson) as well as their acquaintances. It is the first of Smith's View Askewniverse films, and introduces several recurring characters, notably Jay and Silent Bob (played by Mewes and Smith respectively).

CLERKS was director Kevin Smith’s debut and our introduction to the Askviewverse, a series of movies that revolves around either the titular clerks Dante and Randal and or two stoner deadbeats Jay and Silent Bob. It was also a string of hit indie movies being picked up by now disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for Miramax.

If you work a deadbeat job or at a convenience store or gas station, CLERKS is the movie for you. Written, directed, and produced by a convenience store clerk Kevin Smith, the movie had a touch of realism that similar comedies didn't have while adding outlandish behavior. Kevin Smith basically on a whim decided to make a movie after attending some classes and struck movie gold when Miramax picked up his movie and sent it to Sundance. While not entirely biographical, Smith incorporated some of the weird behavior he personally observed as a clerk and added characters like Jay and Silent Bob for more laughs.
CLERKS basically is a 90 minute story about Dante complaining he didnt want to come into work today stating it was his day off and his interactions with disgruntled customers, his friend and next door video store clerk Randal, and his girlfriend with various misadventures in between. Kevin Smith’s dialogue is what actually sets the movie apart from others as its full of profanity and vulgarness while being coherent and sharp. In many ways it adds to the realism of the story.
Kevin Smith armed only with $27,000 in early 90’s money and secondhand equipment, set off to film his odyssey of the life of a convenience store clerk. Had this movie never come into the hands of Harvey Weinstien, Kevin Smith would still be working at the NJ convenience store in serious debt. An interesting aspect of the movie that people have noticed is that its filmed in black and white and the scenes inside the store don’t feel entirely natural. This was done to reduce time editing color correction and Kevin could only film at night for the interior store scenes, something he couldn’t entirely hide but adds to the atmosphere. Another production tidbit is that Randal has most of the best lines. This was because in previous stages of production Kevin Smith was to play Randal before Jeff Anderson came aboard and is by far the stand out performance of the movie.
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