The series was written by kevin smith, creator of view askew productions. In a matter of speaking its a high concept romantic. Kevin smith does a donny cates, pays off pull lists at. Cult comic book artist holden ben affleck falls in love with fellow artist alyssa joey lauren adams, only to be thwarted by her sexuality, the disdain of his best friend banky jason lee, and his own misgivings about himself. Everythings going good for them until they meet amy, also a comic book artist. This in and off itself is not all that surprisingand somewhat fitting when you consider how smith is a massive comic book fanbut he was shocked to discover how graphically explicit annos depiction of the. In chasing amy, he appears on a panel discussion at a comic convention for his comic book white hating coon. In this scifi adventure series, ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory and soon discover this world is not as it seems.
A sometimes charming, sometimes infuriating romcom dressed up as a raunchy buddy comedy, chasing amy pushed the boundaries of sexual mores, pitted the casual and sometimes notsocasual misogyny of comic book culture against budding male vulnerability, and tackled the complications of love and friendship in ways that deeply connected with a generation of almostadults in the 90s who were just. Chasing amy writerdirector kevin smith clerks makes a huge leap in sophistication with this strong story about a comic book artist ben affleck who falls in love with a lesbian joey lauren adams and actually gets his wish that she love him, too. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Everything is going good for them until they meet alyssa, also a comic book artist. Chasing amy is a 1997 romantic comedy about two comic book artists. This is a very very funny comic book, with the same humor as the movie. Setting a film in the world of comic book creators may seem like par for the course today, but in the late 90s fandom had seen it fall into the. In japan, the screenplay of chasing amy was adapted into a novel by kenichi eguchi and published by aoyama publishing. A stitch of life japanese movie poster cinema movies, drama movies, movie theater. Jay and silent bob get the idea that if they go to the town of shermer, illinois, where most of john hughes movies take place, they could get chicks and be the blunt connection.
Chasing amy is the third installment in the new jersey trilogy from awardwinning writerdirector kevin smith clerks, mallrats, dogma. Chasing amy 1997 official trailer 1 ben affleck movie. Kevin smith celebrates chasing amys anniversary, teases. The two are best friends and work together on a popular comic book called bluntman. Chasing amy 1997 full movie download full hd youtube. Chasing amy is about a young comic book artist yeah, right ben affleck, who meets and falls for another young comic book artist sure, fine joey lauren adams. Written and directed by kevin smith, it chronicles how they fall in love and the difficulties they. Their hit comic book series, \u201cbluntman and chronic,\u201d is loosely patterned after a. Comic book artist holden meets the perfect woman, only to learn that shes a lesbian. Kevin smith, who wrote and directed the moviethe third installment in his jersey trilogymakes these characters intense and funny.
Chasing amy is a 1997 american romantic comedydrama film written and directed by kevin smith. White hating coon by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti. Chasing amy is a 1997 american romantic comedydrama film. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds.
This is one of my comic collections best, along with chasing dogma. A bearded ben affleck is holden, the relatable one, and jason lee plays banky the kevin smith stand in of the movie i. While the world was first introduced to the concept of the potsmoking superheroes bluntman and chronic in 1997s chasing amy, it wouldnt be. Released in 1997, chasing amy upped the ante by making all of its main characters comic book creators, making it one of the few feature films. Chasing amy 1997 soundtrack complete list of songs. Years later, clerks and chasing amy are both still among my favourite films of all time.
Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out shes a lesbian. The film is about a male comic artist affleck who falls in love with a lesbian woman adams, to the displeasure of his best friend lee. This is the third film in the view askewniverse series. Holden falls in love with local lesbian alyssa, played by the girl with. Reprising the characters from the clerks movie and guest appearances from smith.
In chasing amy, the romantic confusion and soulsearching, the explorations of desire and sexual correctness. When ben afflecks holden falls for joey lauren adams alyssa, multiple lives are impacted. If you didnt know, his hipster named holden and banky are two comic book writers or inkers or whatever. Holden then makes his way over to alyssas stand where he gives her a copy of his new comic chasing amy. Chasing dogma is a comic book miniseries that chronicles the events of the two fictional stoners jay and silent bob between two of their films.
Looking back at the sexual politics of chasing amy 20. If ever there was a perfect date to take a blunt look back at kevin smiths jay and silent bob strike back movie tiein comic book, it would have to be 420. Composed of several episodes from the clerks comic book series, kevin smith authors some of the most laugh outloud comic adventures ive ever read. Chasing amy 1997 official trailer 1 ben affleck movie holden and banky are comic book artists. Tags comedy, drama, romance language english director kevin smith.
Kevin smith and marc bernardin took to their fatman beyond podcast last night, talking about comics and comic book retailers right now. Everythings going good for them until they meet alyssa, also a comic book artist. It is the third film in smiths view askewniverse series. The unique concept of the book is that it is roughly halfnovel, halfmanga, with moyoco anno providing the art for the comic book pages. The film is about a male comic artist who falls in love with a lesbian, to the chagrin of his best friend. Chasing amy is a 1997 american romantic comedydrama film written and directed by kevin smith and starring ben affleck, joey lauren adams, and jason lee. The only reason i didnt give this 5 stars is because the funeral comic didnt make much sense in context of the movie. He is named after richard dreyfuss character in jaws, of which kevin smith is a huge fan chasing amy edit. Last week, kevin smith revealed that joey lauren adams would be returning to the view askewniverse to reprise her role of alyssa jones from chasing amy. Chasing amy official trailer hd holden mcneil is a new jersey comic book writer who is roommates with his best friend and professional partner, artist banky edwards. But that doesnt stop him from falling in love with her. Slut shaming, homophobia, and bisexual erasure august 9, 2016 amaris alexandra andrade when writing my last post about the discrepancies between the depictions of gay men and lesbian women in film and tv, i had an immediate thought about a movie i had watched recently chasing amy. Kevin smith sold his comic book collection to fund clerks 1994, and after the film became a huge hit he was able to buy them back.
A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxys most dangerous criminals. The unique concept of the book is that it is roughly halfnovel, halfmanga, with moyoko anno providing the art for the comic book pages. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out shes. Chasing amy kevin smith the ice rink scene was filmed about five. Chasing amy 1997 holden and banky are comic book artists. Us chasing amy 1997 a comic book artist meets the perfect woman, only to learn that shes a lesbian. Holden mcneil is a new jersey comic book writer who is roommates with his best friend and professional partner, artist banky edwards. A comic book writer falls in love with another writer but struggles to get over her past. A pioneering film featuring female comics creators. Chasing amy is a romantic comedy about people who write comic books for a living, and whose most passionate conversations can center on the sex lives of archie and jughead. Chasing amy tells the story of a comic book writer, his best friend the tracer, and the lesbian who threatens to come between them.
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