Chasing Amy (Chasing Amy in English) is probably the best film Kevin Smith . Surely, although it sounds a cliché, is so far the most mature of all his movies. After the critical and commercial failure, which resulted Mallrats, movie you talk about is the next post in this review, Smith wanted to postpone the project for Dogma had already written the script from the time of Clerks, but that still did not feel ready to shoot (pasta needed for special effects).
After the success which led to the criticism his modest debut film (Clerks cost $ 27,000) and the complete failure of Mallrats (his first "production" use, with a budget of six million), Smith returned to his roots Saver . In a spectacular show of economy of means, was plucked from a beautiful love story that got rolling with a $ 250,000 budget , a paltry figure for any American director with two films on his back. Thus, his films had already gone through all the phases. The consensus that elevated dramatically as cult film Clerks, Mallrats the debacle. That fact left a field of action much more open than you had counted on his second film. In his own words, could not say anything worse than what had been said of Mallrats, and do not expect anything from him. At last I could do what he pleased without waiting for any reaction.
The result was surprising. In his usual pattern film, the nuevajerseytarra put this time in the foreground the love story. This time much less flat, much less a teenager. In fact, Chasing Amy recounts a romance full of edges, nothing to do with the use of romantic comedies. Smith began a few years over his prototypical mental couple male leads. The Ben Affleck infumable (which surely Smith gave the highlights of his career with this film for which, incidentally, dropped considerably cache) and Jason Lee (repeating the role of friend, and charlatan irreverent Mallrats) are respectively Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards , concocted of comic books and Chronic Bluntman , none other than Jay and Bob converted into two-dimensional superheroes potheads.
the couple's friendship will be tested when Holden falls for idiosyncratic routine cartoonist Alyssa Jones . Miss Jones is played by the beautiful and Joey Lauren Adams semidesconocida , blonde and beautiful blue eyes that may not fit within the rigid standards of beauty imposed by the establishment made in USA. She will be the Yoko Ono these Lennon and McCartney of underground comics. First, Banky feel jealous to see endanger their monopoly Holden sentimental when he starts to show signs of interest in the girl. Second, the factor that will scare the Alyssa is a lesbian character played by Lee, certain touches homophobic and somewhat shortsighted. Further, Holden himself feel embarrassed by the fact that his girl has experienced sexual pathways that he believed only the films themselves sluts that envisions with his buddy on Friday night.
sentimental With this trio, Kevin Smith inquire into the true nature of love (that anyone can determine for sure much to the moral and society to endeavor to agree), their obstacles and prejudices that many sometimes arouses among those they love. And also on sex, as mundane or simple pleasure as a way to show love in return. Chasing Amy talks about the limits of romantic relationships, its paradoxes and difficulties. Also of friendship and its inconsistencies. Speak in short, love and life, with an aplomb, honesty and serenity of American cinema improper. It's a film that bares feelings to a lack of bias Hats off worthy. In my humble opinion, the most sincere contemporary romantic comedy, discouraged and revealing to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind .
As backdrop, how could it be otherwise, the View Askew universe : conversations about comics, pop culture and junk culture, the cronies of the actor doing his cameos of rigor, tits and ass jokes The guest appearance of Jay and Silent Bob, much more restrained than the rest of his films and, of course, New Jersey . Do not miss, of course, this superb post of Eki Films (And more) , an entire city tour across the bridge that is portrayed in this film.
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