And the award for Most Romantic Scene goes to....
The hype and the global embracing or rejection of Valentine's Day consumerism got me thinking about the most romantic scene I could remember in a book or film.
Obvious candidate- first meeting of Romeo & Juliet. However, to like this you have to buy uncritically into the notion of love at first sight and ignore the fact that Romeo was obsessing over someone else (Rosalyne) only days before.
In film? If you rule out Dirty Dancing's hideous 'Let's do the song right here' moment at the end (how many other films has that actress made?), I'm drawn to the picnic scene in Betty Blue. For a moment, everything seems possible but all the seeds of tragedy have already been sown- that momentary balance- that's romance for me but hey, what do I know?
Obvious candidate- first meeting of Romeo & Juliet. However, to like this you have to buy uncritically into the notion of love at first sight and ignore the fact that Romeo was obsessing over someone else (Rosalyne) only days before.
In film? If you rule out Dirty Dancing's hideous 'Let's do the song right here' moment at the end (how many other films has that actress made?), I'm drawn to the picnic scene in Betty Blue. For a moment, everything seems possible but all the seeds of tragedy have already been sown- that momentary balance- that's romance for me but hey, what do I know?
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