The super-NSFW trailer for Kevin Smith's film Red State is going to make Bill O'Reilly spontaneously combust. I remember attending a premiere for Smith's Dogma years ago, and being pelted with trash by protesters telling me I was going to Hell. I was startled, way back then, to see such puritanical outrage on the streets of New York City.

We're living in a very different world now. Outrage is the watchword, and religious intolerance is one of many forces tearing the world, and the country, apart. In the immediate wake of the horrific tragedy in Norway, committed in the name of one man's vision of god, and in light of America's insane response to the incident - ripping into the "liberal media" for reporting the facts about this particular monster and his devout religious fervor, rather than mourning those lost and hoping for peace - the trailer for Kevin Smith's newest film hits way too close to home.

It's not going to stop the spread of the secular, god-hating liberal media bogeyman myth anytime soon, that's a given. But it looks awesome, and unfortunately, it looks terribly relevant.

Distribution for this film has been super-weird, as it's been bypassing anything resembling traditional movie openings, instead traveling around the country roadshow-style. Kevin Smith will be joining the next set of screenings, in Los Angeles, and then Red State will launch on Video-on-Demand on September 1.

Kevin Smith and SModcast Pictures are proud to announce a one week exclusive Academy Award qualifying run of Red State beginning Friday, August 19th at Quentin Tarantino’s legendary New Beverly Cinema. Each screening of Red State will be followed by a live Q&A with writer - director Kevin Smith.

Red State had its controversial and much talked about debut at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where Smith bought the distribution rights for $20.

Smith decided to self distribute the film and immediately set up 15 special screenings throughout the U.S. as part of the “Red State U.S.A. Tour”. The tour began at the historic Radio City Music Hall in New York on March 5th and finished one month later at the infamous Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

More information is available at the Red State website.