GCS 016: "Chasing Amy" by Kevin Smith

It's not who you love. It's how.

Kevin Smith, good director, amazing screenwriting, but no, I won't talk about his first movie Clerks or even his second movie Mallrats, but I'm going to talk about

Chasing Amy (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118842/maindetails

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

Fun Facts:

• This is the third film in Kevin Smith's intricately interconnected View Askewniverse series [the others beingClerks.,Mallrats,Dogma,Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, andClerks II]. The movies are all linked by characters, themes and events and each contains numerous references to the others.

• Kevin Smith wrote the scrīpt to Chasing Amy inspired by his experience with then girlfriend Joey Lauren Adams.

• When Kevin Smith pitched the idea to Miramax films, he also said that he had written the parts with his friends Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Joey Lauren Adams in mind. Miramax, however, wanted to cast people who already had celebrity status, such as Jon Stewart, David Schwimmer, and Drew Barrymore (these three were actually suggested). The film's original budget of $3,000,000 depended on Miramax's support. Ultimately, Smith suggested that he make the movie with his three original actors on his own, and Miramax could buy it for distribution if they liked it. The brothers Weinstein liked this idea, and gave him $250,000 to make the movie (1/24 of the budget of his previous film, Mallrats)

And here is the scene I chose: "The Black Rage" scene which is one of the funniest moments in the movie, but keep in mind the movie is a romance and not a comedy!

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMCki0Z_AlA