When Harry Met Sally... / Tamar Jeffers McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeffers McDonald, Tamar, author.

Series:

BFI Film Classics.

BFI Film Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romantic comedy films--History and criticism--20th century.

Romantic comedy films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : British Film Institute, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Groundbreaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally... (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Following the relationship between its title characters, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan), and their best friends Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), the film unfolds as a series of episodes, from Harry and Sally's prickly car journey from Chicago to New York City to a momentous encounter on New Year's Eve twelve years later. Tamar Jeffers McDonald's insightful study explores how writer Nora Ephron and director Rob Reiner used structure, filmic devices, music and classic romcom concepts in innovative new ways. In her afterword to this new edition, she reflects on the movie's continuing influence on the romcom genre, and its relevance in a more turbulent era, where the question at the movie's heart - "Can men and women ever just be friends?" takes on fresh nuance in the age of #MeToo.

Contents:

1. Introduction and Acknowledgments 2. 'When Harry Met Sally...' 3. Afterword to the 2026 Edition 4. Notes Credits.

ISBN:

1-80575-028-3

1-80575-026-7

9781805750260

OCLC:

1561110775