When Harry Met Sally...
When Harry Met Sally… is a 1989 American romantic
comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob
Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as
Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet just
before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years or so of chance
encounters in New York City. The film raises the question "Can men
and women ever just be friends?" and advances many ideas about
relationships that became household concepts, such as "high-maintenance" and
the "transitional person".
In medias res
A
narrative work beginning in medias
res ("into the middle things") opens
in the midst of action. Often, exposition is bypassed and
filled in gradually, either through dialogue, flashbacks or
description of past events. For example, Hamlet begins after the
death of Hamlet's father. Characters make reference to King Hamlet's death
without the plot's first establishment of said fact. Since the play focuses on
Hamlet and the revenge itself more so than the motivation, Shakespeare utilizes in
medias res to bypass superfluous exposition.
Parody
A parody
is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment
on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other
target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation. As the
literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, “parody … is imitation, not
always at the expense of the parodied text.” Another critic, Simon Dentith,
defines parody as “any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive
imitation of another cultural production or practice.” Parody may be found in
art or culture, including literature, music (although
"parody" in music has an earlier, somewhat different meaning than for
other art forms), animation, gaming, and film.
An
Affair to Remember
An
Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film starring Cary
Grant and Deborah Kerr, directed by Leo McCarey and filmed
in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color. It was distributed by 20th
Century Fox. The film is considered one of the most romantic movies of all
time, according to the American Film Institute. The film was a remake of
McCarey's 1939 film Love Affair, starring Irene Dunne and Charles
Boyer.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic
comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a
story by Jeff Arch. It stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, alongside a
supporting cast featuring Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rob
Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, and Rita
Wilson. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $220
million worldwide.
