Love Story Turns 50
“What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died…who loved Mozart, Bach, The Beatles, and me.” Along with one of the most schlocky musical overtures in film history, that’s…
"What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died...who loved Mozart, Bach, The Beatles, and me."
Along with one of the most schlocky musical overtures in film history, that's the way the movie, "Love Story" begins. Even now I can't for the life of me figure out why this movie has been enduring.
Its tagline: "Love means never having to say you're sorry," is SO eye-rolling when it is uttered in the film, that even now I wince just writing it here.
The first time I saw it, I was in college. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud while my girlfriend next to me was going thru a box of Kleenex.
Anyway, who am I to argue with success and "Love Story" is as iconic today as when it first appeared 50 years ago. Speaking of which, it is pretty cool that the two stars, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, are still around to talk and reminisce about a film that, for better or for worse, is the touchstone of their respective careers.
From the moment the phenomenon occurred (the movie made $130 million in 1970 and was nominated for 7 Academy Awards), the two have been unable to escape it. Strangers feel the need to tell them of THEIR love stories, first dates, engagements, etc.
And the schlocky music I referenced earlier? It was played last January at the funeral procession of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani.
AT HIS FUNERAL!
50 years later, I guess "love means never having to explain why or how."
