This piece captures something real about how cinema functions as emotional architecture in our lives. The observation about Harry reading last pages first working as a metaphor for missing whats right in front of you is sharp. My wife and i have a similiar ritual with The Princess Bride every summer, and now I'm thinking about how those films we return to become almost like proof that meaning can exist anywhere if we're paying atention. The detail about Michele changing the ending puts the tragedy in even sharper relief.
Thank you! I had never really gone below the surface on Harry reading the last page until this week, mostly because it's a great joke.
I think one of the things that is remarkable about Reiner's work is how devoid of cynicism and ironic detachment it is. Indeed, both The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally rest on breaking down the skepticism and suspicion of characters in the stories.
As I've gotten older, I've come to love (and strongly favor) art that is truly earnest and that wants its characters to succeed. There is not enough of it being made anymore.
This piece captures something real about how cinema functions as emotional architecture in our lives. The observation about Harry reading last pages first working as a metaphor for missing whats right in front of you is sharp. My wife and i have a similiar ritual with The Princess Bride every summer, and now I'm thinking about how those films we return to become almost like proof that meaning can exist anywhere if we're paying atention. The detail about Michele changing the ending puts the tragedy in even sharper relief.
Thank you! I had never really gone below the surface on Harry reading the last page until this week, mostly because it's a great joke.
I think one of the things that is remarkable about Reiner's work is how devoid of cynicism and ironic detachment it is. Indeed, both The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally rest on breaking down the skepticism and suspicion of characters in the stories.
As I've gotten older, I've come to love (and strongly favor) art that is truly earnest and that wants its characters to succeed. There is not enough of it being made anymore.