Editing Chasing Amy (section)

==Production==
Kevin Smith has said over the years that ''Chasing Amy'' was inspired by his brother being gay, his relationship with Joey Lauren Adams, whom he was dating during the making of the film, and a crush his producing partner [[Scott Mosier]] had on lesbian filmmaker [[Guinevere Turner]].<ref name="Keating">{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Shannon |title=Looking Back at the Sexual Politics of ''Chasing Amy'' 20 Years Later |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/chasing-amy-20-years-later |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=[[BuzzFeed News]] |date=April 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Smod">{{cite AV media|title=#97 Glazing Amy |website=[[SModcast]] |date=October 30, 2009}}</ref> Turner met Mosier and Smith at the 1994 [[Sundance Film Festival]] where their respective films, ''[[Go Fish (film)|Go Fish]]'' and ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'', had premiered. After the festival, Mosier and Turner kept in touch, with Mosier developing unrequited feelings for Turner. Smith told Mosier to channel his heartbreak into a movie about a guy who falls in love with a lesbian, but the filmmakers felt it was too lean a story, so Smith added his own experiences into the character of Holden.<ref name="Keating" /> Smith wrote, "The character of Holden is the closest to me I've ever written (casting Ben was aesthetically wishful thinking perhaps)."<ref name="Criterion" /> Smith, who said he "didn't really know that much about gay culture, and specifically lesbian culture", had Turner look at drafts of the script for her input.<ref name="Keating" /> Turner helped find the location for the bar scenes, which were shot at the since-closed Meow Mix in downtown [[Manhattan]].<ref name="Keating" />

[[Miramax|Miramax Films]] initially offered Smith a $2 million budget on the condition that he cast [[David Schwimmer]], [[Drew Barrymore]], and [[Jon Stewart]] as the leads. Smith rejected this offer in favor of a $250,000 budget with a cast of his choosing.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Callahan |first=Maureen |title=Indie Movies-Now More Than Ever! |page=106 |work=Spin |date=April 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jq-A2xEoAHIC&pg=PA106 |access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>