Kevin Smith Defends His Film Red State and his Sundance Antics On Twitter

Filmmaker Kevin Smith is in the midst of an hour-plus Twitter defense of himself and his new film Red State, after multiple reports say he screwed over Indie distributors at a Sundance screening last night.

Here’s how Deadline’s Mike Fleming summed up Smith’s screening.

Kevin Smith lost some cred with indie distributors last night when  he hosed the teams that came to the premiere of Red State looking for an acquisitions title. Instead, they were subjected to a bogus auction that opened and closed with his $20 bid and announcement he would self distribute.

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