Toronto Sun entertainment columnist Kevin Williamson posted today his picks for top romantic comedies ("rom-coms"), even though a few of them are hardly comedies...http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/kevin_williamson/2009/02/14/8390171-sun.html
One of my favourites of the specimen -- non comedy -- is the Canadian film Nobody Waved Good-bye. While the narrative thrust is more encompassing than just "romance", there is a real-world brightness and honesty in that ingredient; one with a 'what it's all about' importance to the story. Directed in 1964 by Don Owen and produced by Roman Kroitor for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Nobody stars the very natural actors Peter Kastner and Julie Biggs. Hardly a fluff piece as its depiction of romance and all its trappings ring true, helped, no doubt, by the almost documentary tone in the filmmaking.
It's a keeper.
Interview with filmmaker Don Owen...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/owen.html
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