- Kevin stopped by the board to give us all a quick hello and to let us know how things were going. And…THANK THE MAKER…He answered that age-old question of WHEN we’ll see Amy on DVD. THANK YOU!!!!! Hopefully the questions will FINALLY stop now. At any rate, read on for that announcement, some great news about the Dogma DVD & The Clerks series, & more:
Where the hell are all the earthquakes?
Been here over a week, and not so much as a tremor. Damn.
Some news: I’ve learned that Criterion will be releasing the ‘Amy’ DVD in April. It’s basically a copy of the superior Laser Disc they put out (which very few probably saw). That should settle that unresolved issue.
Which leaves the ‘Dogma’ DVD, which I’m now told will be released (with the VHS) on May 2. It’s going to be the fully loaded edition (we’re recording commentary in early Feb.), so you won’t be burdened with having to buy two versions of the flick. Mark those calendars.
Speaking of calendars, ‘Clerks: The Cartoon’ starts airing in early-to-mid March (not Feb. as oft mentioned). We’ll be showing a two minute trailer Mosier and I put together at Sundance next week. It should be available to download from the official website (the one for the cartoon that Ming is building) shortly thereafter.
We’ve now seen the first two episodes. The show is really funny and looks pretty tremendous. I think you’ll all be as pleased as I am when it airs. Kudos to all involved, including Chris Bailey and Dave Mandel (not to mention me and Scott). I’m pretty proud of them and the show itself.
And if you haven’t seen ‘Titus’, please do. It’s probably (for my money) the best film of the year. The worst film?
Well let’s just say Vincent and I are on the same page…
Man, that is fantastic news. So we’ll basically see Kevin’s remaining 2 flicks released on DVD within a MONTH of one another, both loaded with special edition content, PLUS Vincent Pereira’s “A Better Place” DVD as well. Man, it’s gonna be a GREAT Spring. Hopefully we’ll get a few rainy days early on to spend some time with those suckers.
As for Amy, the Criterion laser IS wonderful, so those of you that missed it will definitely enjoy the commentary and all of the deleted scenes that were restored (there’s a ton of them). We fear this means Criterion may be foregoing a new 16:9 transfer for the film, though. We’re going to try and contact them about that (unless someone from Criterion is reading, if so, PLEASE drop us a line). If not, it may be time to start another of our famous e-mail campaigns…
As for the Dogma DVD, we’re sure it will contain another in the series of the BEST commentaries on home video (Kevin & crew ALWAYS put on a show that everyone loves in their commentary tracks) along with a TON of deleted stuff (we saw it a couple of years ago, and man, those of you that loved the flick are REALLY gonna like it now). We can’t wait.
As for the Clerks series, it goes without saying that we’re stoked about it. They’re keeping it well under wraps right now, we’ve yet to see a frame ourselves, but we’re sure the official site will have tons and we’ll also do our best to try and squeeze some stills out of somebody as soon as possible.
