Clerks (1994), Kevin Smith
4/5
This dry black comedy is a great exercise in the new wave of indie American cinema. Taking place during the span of a clerk store shift, the characters are great, and performed authentically. The dialogue feels organic and authentic, almost improvised in nature. This film strikes the combination between banal trivialities and also meaningful observations. Shot in black and white on video, the grainy almost surveillance video style lends itself perfectly to the subject matter of the film. This film is up there with the sort of indie film movement in the 90s when video technology began to be cheaper and more widely available spawning the likes of Richard Linklater (Slacker, Before Sunrise, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly) and Kevin Smith (Clerks, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) and later influenced the Mumblecore genre of indie film in the 2000s for instance Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation). This film is for anyone who likes indie films and anyone who has a dark sense of humour.
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