Two questions about the original B&W *Clerks* movie

Submitted by Findest t3_127dpcv in movies

Just watched again today And I have 2 questions:

  1. At one point, Jay and Silent Bob are talking to a girl that Jay knows, and there's a guy with them named Olaf, who they claim is a Russian metal singer who is also Silent Bob's cousin. So my question, is Olaf really Russian? Really a metal singer? Really named Olaf? Or are they just messing with Jay's friend? Do the filmmakers ever explain any of that in an interview or something?

  2. During the same scene the camera focuses on their shoes a couple times. Does anyone know the reason for this? Is it supposed to show anxiety or something?

Thanks for any answers and discussion!

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kofmasters t1_jedrlbt wrote

i watched 10 years ago, time to dust of the dvd !! with special features included

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beatles42o t1_jedrwkl wrote

im honestly not the biggest fan of the movie, but it seems dubbed.

there was probably a cut in tape or for some other reason so they just used some B roll of their feet.

things like that with old film were used after they "got the take" so when editing through footage they just have too "look for the feet" and they would know "oh. rewind, thats the take we wanted"

now im speculating. but this was common in skateboarding videos where after they finally land the trick they would put their hand over the lens. so when editing they know where to look for the tricks that are landed.

As you can spend 15-25-35 minutes worth of film getting one trick.

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Findest OP t1_jedt5df wrote

Replying to beatles42o (#2,520,042)

Thanks for all of that. That's very interesting :) Maybe they simply needed something to cut in so the audio could continue on and the best they had was shots of their feet. Now, whether or not that's the right answer it is most certainly a logical possibility.

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Brodie1975 t1_jedtqk6 wrote

I thought it was the biggest pile of shit,couldn’t get into it’s

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Training_Ad_211 t1_jedvsnv wrote

"Would you like to suck my cock berserrrrrkerrr"

As far as ur questions go -- no clue.

Long live Olaf.

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Boney__Danza t1_jedxgij wrote

I'm pretty sure not knowing is kinda the point since Jay is an idiot loudmouth. I used to be like that and I would say all kinds of dumb shit, true and false.

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mechaiineramen t1_jee05e9 wrote

Replying to beatles42o (#2,520,042)

Yup. The feet are just a cut away to get to another take of the same shot or something to do with editing. Kevin isn't doing anything style wise with it. He's not that kind of director. He will say so himself. It's definitely to correct something with the footage.

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TheShadyGuy t1_jef32xf wrote

He understands English but does not speak it well like we do. He says he's from Moscow. I don't know what other clues there can be that he is from Moscow. "Cousin" can mean a lot of things beyond your parents' siblings' kids.

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MurkDiesel t1_jeghr3g wrote

>At one point, Jay and Silent Bob are talking to a girl that Jay knows

"oh look who it is, the human vacuum" lol

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