“Chasing Amy X” DVD Details!

July 30th @ 4:32 pm | | Scooped by Eric Hoskins, Karla

  • One of the top questions here at News Askew has always been “When’s Chasing Amy X coming out on DVD?” This tenth anniversary set was something that we just assumed would arrive much like Mallrats X did, with a jam-packed edition including the film as well as that Q&A we watched them film at Vulgarthon LA, along with some other stuff. Well, we have the answer for ya now, sorta. Once again, View Askew is blazing the trail and looking out for the fans, by allowing us to get all that great NEW stuff without having to buy the film all over again (no “double dipping” here). We think that IGN said it best:

      During his panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Kevin Smith confirmed that a supplementary DVD will be released next year for his 1997 Spirit Award winning Chasing Amy. To keep the style of special edition versions of his movie going, Smith’s opus will get a special edition treatment, but rather than being packaged into a new “collectors edition” DVD set, a single disc will be released that is set to include a slew of extras to act as a counterpart to the Criterion Collection DVD released in 2000.

      Set to be included with the new disc is a Chasing Amy documentary found on the web, a post-screening Q and A from a film festival as well as interviews and reflections from the cast and crew of the film.

      Smith said to expect this new disc to be available sometime next summer.

    So, there’s your answer. We’re sorry to say you’ll need to wait another year to see this stuff, but we’re sure it will be worth it — Criterion doesn’t mess around when it comes to their DVD work, and neither do Kevin and View Askew. It’ll be here before ya know it. As for a dual-disc set, at this point nothing’s been announced, so it looks like you’ll need to buy them seperately (if for some crazy reason you don’t already own it). We’ll let you know as we hear more.

Filed in: Chasing Amy, DVD

Here's What You Said: (4 Comments)

  1. ScottDS
    July 30, 2007 at 17:21

    So the film itself won’t be getting a new transfer. Vincent posted on the Home Theater Forum that the film should be re-transferred from the original 16mm elements (instead of the blown-up 35mm version). Plus there’s one shot that’s slightly misframed as well. (I think it’s one shot at the train station.)

  2. ScottDS
    July 30, 2007 at 17:21

    So the film itself won’t be getting a new transfer? Vincent posted on the Home Theater Forum that the film should be re-transferred from the original 16mm elements (instead of the blown-up 35mm version). Plus there’s one shot that’s slightly misframed as well. (I think it’s one shot at the train station.)

  3. ScottDS
    July 30, 2007 at 17:23

    Sorry. Damn duplicate posts. :-)

  4. Buck
    July 31, 2007 at 00:48

    Doesn’t sound like it, but I really like this idea. Sort of a catch-up DVD so we can see what’s new, what’s changed for the people involved. Siskels all around.

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