Revealing mistake: When Holden is driving his Ford explorer, the speedometer reads that he's going 0 mph. (00:50:35)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes, Dwight Ewell
After Holden's disastrous talk with Banky & Alyssa, everyone goes the separate ways. The screen comes up a short time later. It's another ComiCon. We see a banner for a book called "Baby Dave". It's done by Banky, who signing autographs. We also see Alyssa signing copies of her book. Off in the distance, we see Holden. Banky & Holden begin an unspoken dialogue that reminds you how close they once were. After advising him to go "share a moment" with Alyssa, Banky goes back to signing. Holden goes to Alyssa. He puts a book in front of her. Without looking at who's standing there, she passes it back saying it isn't hers. Holden replies that he knows. It's his. Their eyes meet. She looks at the book again. He tells her he finally had something more personal to say. The comic is called Chasing Amy. We see the last page, where Holden (in comics form) says "where ever you are, Alyssa, I'm sorry". She tears up, and tells him she'll read it. He smiles and walks away.
More mistakes in Chasing Amy
[After Banky pulls out a stack of porno magazines from his bag.]
Holden McNeil: Oh my God. Who are you, Larry fucking Flynt? What are you going to do with all of those?
Banky Edwards: Read the articles. What do you think I'm going to do with them? They're stroke books, stupid!
Holden McNeil: You've got like, thirty books there! We're only going to be gone for two days!
Banky Edwards: Variety's the spice of life. I like a wide selection. Sometimes I'm in the mood for nasty close-ups, sometimes I like them arty and air-brushed. Sometimes it's a spread brown-eye kind of night, sometimes it's girl-on-girl time. Sometimes a steamy letter will do it, sometimes - not often, but sometimes - I like the idea of a chick with a horse.
Trivia: When Holden and Alyssa are talking in the Meow Mix club, they mention the Quick Stop and one event that took place there in "Clerks" (other Kevin Smith movie). They also talk about the girl who drowned in the YMCA pool and that is also mentioned in "Clerks". (00:19:20 - 00:20:10)
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Answer: I'm gonna be totally honest... I'm 99% sure there's no significance. In fact, I think it's just stained skin from all the smoking people do in the movie. Most people hold their cigarettes between their first two fingers. And most of the characters are depicted smoking throughout the film, which means they had to smoke a LOT during filming to maintain continuity. I used to get occasional orange (and sometimes yellow or light brown) stains on my fingers and hands when I smoked cigarettes. Especially if I smoked more than one in a short period of time and didn't wash me hands between them. So it's probably just smoking stains on the actor's fingers. In fact, I looked, and you see Banky holding a lit cigarette in his right hand and smoking during the story swapping scene you mentioned, with gives some direct evidence to my theory. (For reference, those stains can wash off with some good scrubbing).
TedStixon