A documentary that examines the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy (1997) on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving | dG1fOWFySC04blMxQmc
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00:00 Do you understand why I love this movie so much?
00:02 No.
00:04 For Sav Rogers, a queer kid growing up in Kansas,
00:07 role models came from an unexpected source.
00:10 When I was 12, I had a movie where
00:11 the gay and lesbian characters were good and funny and out.
00:15 They were able to live as their authentic selves.
00:17 Chasing Amy.
00:17 Chasing Amy.
00:18 Chasing Amy.
00:19 The third film from director Kevin Smith.
00:21 It's about a guy who falls in love with a lesbian.
00:24 But Sav's about to find out.
00:26 Life's not about finding your heroes.
00:28 Welcome to the house of Amyville.
00:30 It's about finding yourself.
00:32 I'm directing a project about the legacy of Chasing
00:39 Amy as an LGBTQ film.
00:41 You find the film to be authentic
00:43 to the LGBTQ community.
00:44 I find it authentic to the straight dude who falls
00:47 for a queer woman community.
00:49 No longer being a lesbian by meeting the right man.
00:52 That's going to be controversial.
00:53 Ben Affleck's goatee was a bad idea.
00:56 That's going in the movie.
00:58 Something that's problematic can still
00:59 mean a lot in your development.
01:02 It was brave to portray somebody fluid.
01:04 Seeing that movie helped me figure out, oh, that's me.
01:07 That's gay.
01:08 This girl loves me.
01:10 It's cool to come to a place where a bunch of stuff
01:12 change your life.
01:13 All right, let's go.
01:19 This is where they have their big fight.
01:23 Well, we're purifying it with our butts.
01:27 You were so supportive, and I was so alone in the world.
01:30 How wonderful that you found something in it.
01:35 The movie is amazing.
01:37 But whatever moved you was a dark side, too.
01:40 I can't erase the past.
01:42 You don't just get a pass for that.
01:43 I didn't know what I expected.
01:44 I did not expect all this.
01:45 Maybe what's really troubling you
01:49 is that your fragile fantasy might not be true.
01:52 Can we talk?
01:54 This movie made me be honest with myself.
01:56 Chasing Amy and chasing, chasing Amy.
01:58 My butt has been more Ben Affleck's butt has been.
02:04 Basically Ben Affleck.
02:06 A little shorter.
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