When Harry Met Sally - Tamar Jeffers McDonald (BFI Film Classics) Soviet Union Features: commentary by Zhao

Features: commentary by Zhao

author of Seijun Suzuki and Postwar Cinema (2024)

stop-motion animation completed over many years by special effects master Phil Tippett

romance and comedy combine in one of the most satisfying and entertaining films of the classical Hollywood period

A Parisian tailor pursues a feckless aristocrat who owes him money to a splendid chateau where he falls for an aloof princess

When Harry Met Sally - Tamar Jeffers McDonald (BFI Film Classics) Soviet Union Features: commentary by Zhao'When Harry Met Sally' by Tamar Jeffers McDonald (BFI Film Classics 104 page paperback) 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.