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...century, as many filmmakers take a darkened view of love and togetherness, there are comforts attached to entering the world of a Nora Ephron romantic comedy--and these comforts extend beyond the knowledge that, at some point or another, Meg Ryan will appear on screen in a twin set. When Ephron pairs the actress with Tom Hanks, the viewer can rest assured that certain unsettling events will not occur: we know, for example, that our hero won't ever suffer financially (and thus won't turn to a life of bank robbery or kidnapping); our heroine won't be left...
...culture teeming with Oprah, couples counselors and John Gray seminars, all telling us that love is about hard work and accepting one another's differences, Ephron refreshingly stands out as the nation's foremost advocate of mind-meld. For her, it seems, true love exists when there is a complete compatibility of intellect and tastes, the shared belief, say, that Brooks Robinson was the best third baseman ever. Intimacy isn't something built; it is something found when just the right attractive someone enters your universe, cyber or otherwise. "What's really better," says Ephron, "than two brains falling...
...Mail, a follow-up to her successful Hanks-Ryan vehicle Sleepless in Seattle, is Ephron's ninth effort as a screenwriter and fifth as a director. Unlike many of today's young filmmakers who grew up on movies like Shampoo, Ephron, 57, was weaned on the romantic comedies of the '40s, which serve, obviously, as her inspiration. "I think edge is a highly overrated thing," she says. "No matter how hip people think they are, they definitely want to fall in love...
...NORA EPHRON WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE...
...adorable, huggable, smart, funny and strong," says French Kiss director Lawrence Kasdan, listing the five Comic Heroine virtues as if they had been minted for Ryan. "Men want to be married to her, and women want to be her friends.'' Says Nora Ephron, who wrote When Harry Met Sally and directed Sleepless in Seattle: "Women somehow don't mind if their boyfriends like Meg, because they like...