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...asked whether he liked Greene's own work. He said, with the Indian affirmative swing of the head, that he did, very much. That was not easy to believe; it seemed more like friendship. But many years later?when I saw that Narayan was more than his comedy, that just below there was the Hindu idea of the world as illusion?it occurred to me that in Greene's religious side Narayan must have found some little echo...
...first the relationship was merely one of friendship, but the couple began seriously dating once Nenneman graduated and entered the International Affairs masters program at Harvard. In 1954, the two got married...
...Cannes did have one film with the true scent of romantic obsession: Yonfan's Peony Pavilion. Again we meet two women who forge a deep friendship, and a man who tests that bond. This film, though, is so saturated in the sad glamour of their love that style becomes substance. The moving camera, the gorgeous homes and gardens of Suzhou, the handsome people with complex urges?they all seem to swoon in the telling of a story about Jade (radiant Japanese star Rie Miyazawa), a Kunqu Opera singer who marries into a noble house and falls into a near-lesbian...
...Much has been made of the friendship between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. I imagine that when Ben and Matt were growing up on the not-so-mean streets of Cambridge, Mass., Ben often got permission to do things (crazy kid things, like go to Red Sox games - at night!) because Matt was coming along. "Oh, that nice Matthew is going? Okay, Ben. Just behave, for heaven?s sake." Something tells me that trend continues to this day in studios all over Hollywood. "Okay, Ben, you can make this movie. Just listen to what Matt says, okay...
...Sexuality (Contemporary) writes, "While I can't say that you'll ever feel the ultimate heart-stopping passion you felt the first month you fell in love with your partner, I do know this: there are many of us who settle for predictability when we could have more excitement; friendship when we could have intimacy; medical problems that kill our sex life when we can correct them; and the status quo when we could have a relationship that is constantly evolving and renewing itself...