- Vincent posted a message concerning the laserdisc commentary that was recorded on Saturday. Itstead of trying to paraphrase it here, we figured we’d just show you the post, since it pretty much says it all:
I just wanted to drop a note and say that we recorded the commentary track for the “Chasing Amy” Criterion laserdisc yesterday afternoon. Jason Lee and Joey Lauren Adams couldn’t make it to the session due to scheduling conflicts, but Kevin, Scott Mosier, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, associate producer and indie adviser extraordinaire Bob Hawk, Miramax executive John Gordon,and myself all participated. We had a lot of fun (especially Ben Affleck) and I think you guys will all get a kick out of the commentary track- it’s both informative AND entertaining, and there’s nary a lull to be heard. It was also my first chance to see the Criterion laserdisc transfer (we watched a 3/4″ videotape copy of the transfer while recording the track) , and it looks quite good. It’s letterboxed at about 1.85:1 (AMY was shot in Super-16, which has a 1.66:1 aspect ratio on the negative, but the framing was composed for a blow-up to 1.85) and the framing actually looks better than it did to me in all the theatrical screenings that I saw, which tended to be too tightly cropped in some scenes at the top of the frame (the scene in the train station comes to mind). The color transfer also looks quite nice, and the only possible ‘objectionable’ element is some visible film grain in some shots, but this is due to the film’s Super-16 origins rather than a problem with the transfer. I was also talking to the folks at Criterion about the extras on the disc, and it’ll be loaded – AC-3 sound, deleted scenes, trailers, the electronic press kit, and some other goodies that were taped yesterday. Hell, I can hardly wait MYSELF- this is going to be one awesome laserdisc.
Well, there you have it, folks…You know we’ll be among the first in line to buy a copy! Stayed tuned to News Askew for the official LD release date…