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.
Has anyone seen this movie?
It was a series of touching, random, encounters in the night....!-)
Kim Novak/William Holden---PICNIC!
the tao of steve
the replacements (every good romance has to have a few hot cheerleaders,
and even though keanu is in it they don't let him say too much and
madden and somerall are hilarious)
BTW, as a side note. It was "Picnic" that really helped me to learn to write scripts. What happened is that I used to have a lot of trouble trying to write scripts. I just could not master that form so I gave up trying. Then a couple of years later I found the "Picnic" PLAY script at the Beverly Hills Library when I lived out in La-La Land. Right away I noticed that the play was a lot steamier than the movie. Then I got real interested in reading play scripts to see how they differed from the movie. I read the scripts for the plays of "Dead End," "Stalag 17," and many others. I found it fascinating how the plays differed from the movies. Anyway, after a few weeks of reading all those play scripts I found that writing scripts came quite naturally. I sort of learned the form by osmosis from reading all those plays.
BTW, I still would like to find the script to the stage version of "The Seven Year Itch." From what I understand, in the play the guy did boink the gal upstairs while in the movie, Tom Ewell only fantasized about making it with Marilyn Monroe.
I don't care for that movie, but an ex-girlfriend of mine adored it, and she still holds enough sentimental value for me to put it at the top of my list.
But is you expand a bit, and allow foreign direct-to-video, I'll also nominate the anime "Oh! My Goddess" (in Japan they have male-oriented romances!!)
An Affair to Remember
And more recently:
Return To Me
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