Posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:51 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen
Will it be Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara? The dying young woman who claims love "means never having to say you're sorry'? Or the star-crossed Italian lovers from Verona?
The search for America's 100 greatest love movies was launched on Wednesday by the American Film Institute (AFI) as part of series celebrating 100 years of cinema.
The AFI sent out ballots to 1,800 actors, screenwriters, critics and historians for its "100 Years...100 passions" feature, linked to a CBS television special to be aired in June 2002.
The event follows searches over the last four years by the AFI for the top movies of the past century, the most beloved stars, the best comedies, and the scariest thrillers.
AFI director Jean Picker Firstenberg said the theme of romance was chosen for the cinema centennial series before the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
But she added "As we move forward we are now -- more than ever-- reminded that the movies tell stories that move us and bring us together; and though the lovers on screen may end up apart when the lights come up, we, the movie lovers, remain bound by their emotional journey."
Jurors are asked to choose their top 100 romantic movies from a list of 400 provided by the AFI and return their ballots by December 14.
Oh yes. The romance, the pathos. I especially liked the love scene between Sgt. Hartman and Pvt Pyle:
Hartman: Now you listen to me, Private Pyle, and, yor listen good. I want that weapon, and I want it now!
You will place that rifle on the deck at your feet and step back away from it.With a twisted smile on his face Pyle points his rifle at Hartman.
Hartman looks suddenly calm, his eyes, his manner are those of a wanderer who has found his home.
Hartman: What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?!!
Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when your were a child?!!!BANG!!
The round hits Hartman in the chest.
He falls back dead.
Why the love in Sgt. Hartman's eyes as he falls back is just wonderful. Such love! A true romance, right up to the end!
You are a sick, sick man.
(And I being the only other FReeper who (A) knows that movie, because (B) I saw it — what does that say about ME??)
Dan
Gone with the Wind
North by Northwest
But that little brat on the bike got what was coming, Mrs. Schumaker too!
Ronald wasn't bad, he was just misunderstood.
"My, what big Knockers."
"Care for a roll in the hay?"
"He was...My Boyfriend!"
"Abby, something..."
and, of course:
"Poot....Da Candol....Bik!"
Help me! I need an expulsive set of mental images!
Dan
I also like "Sense and Sensibility".
"Somewhere in Time" is good.
"You've Got Mail".
"Sleepless in Seattle." (And, of course, "An Affair to Remember". )
"Now Voyager".
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