• Questions and concerns have been rolling in concerning the Chasing Amy DVD from Alliance. First of all, we can say that we have NO FACTS AT ALL on this disc. It seems very secretive, the entire project, but we can tell you what we’ve heard anyway: First of all, Kevin stated recently that Criterion has not licensed any of their Special Edition laserdisc material to Alliance, so the DVD can at most be the film and possibly a trailer. No commentary, deleted scenes, all that good stuff. Second, a while back we asked Vincent about the possibility of a 16:9 transfer for the flick. Again, no dice. Vincent said that he’d have known were something like that happening.

Now, the second part: Alliance has been coming under fire for releasing Canadian exclusive DVDs of Buena Vista’s material, and it’s going to stop. Looks like Amy may be the last (IF it shows up) of a dying breed. From now on, Alliance will release Canadian counterparts of flicks concurrently, and identical to, U.S. releases. Now, as for the chances that Amy won’t ship: We’ve gotten one confirmation from a dealer in Canada who states that he received confirmation that the shipment had already left the warehouse and would be in his store by Friday. This seems odd since it’s almost 2 weeks early in that case, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled and let ya know. We’ve also contacted the folks we partnered with to promote the DVD to see if they’ve heard any more.

So, in short, looks like we still WILL see the Amy DVD, though it’ll be a very stripped down version of the ineviatable re-release of the flick here in the US with all the Criterion stuff intact. And there’s no word on when that’s happening at this point.

• Not much to report on today…I continue battling this ultra nasty cold (by blowing my nose every 3 seconds), little by little we’re getting our stuff packed up and ready for moving day, and the View Askew news continues to happen.

Since there’s not much going on, we thought we’d take some time to answer some frequent questions coming into the mailbox these days: First of all, there is no confirmed date on the proposed Dogma benefit in New Jersey, and it hasn’t even been officially announced as happening yet. Our poll topic is more a what-if scenario, based on a post from Kevin (in September’s archives) where he mentioned one was in the planning stages.

Jay & Silent Bob #4 will indeed hit shelves in October, but many of you are still asking about Clerks: The Lost Scene. This book is NOT out yet, so fear not, you didn’t miss it, and will hit shelves well before the Holidays (similar to Clerks’ Holiday Special last year). We’re not sure if this means October, November, or even December, but rest assured the book’s being worked on and will be worth the wait.

Finally, there’s that Chasing Amy DVD. Well, let’s give that one a headline:

• US Magazine has listed Dogma in its November issue as one of “The Big Sleepers” Ten underdog fall movies you shouldn’t miss:

• The Hollywood Reporter has a blurb today on Ben & Matt‘s production, “The Third Wheel”:

• The Sun, an English tabloid, ran a piece in their Showbiz section on Dogma, featuring the Ben & Matt from the one-sheet,with the headline “Hellywood Angels”. Ouch. It spoke briefly about the plot of the film, and also mentioned Linda and Salma as “heavenly angels whose mission is to foil the boys”. No mention of Kev or any of the other crew. Oh well, anypublicity helps.
• It’s a ltitle early (and a lot odd) to report, but both “Clerks” and “Mallrats” are going to be screened at the GeekPride festival next spring in Boston. Ummm…Alllright. We’ll remind ya in the Spring. Til then, visit HERE.