Ilana Kaplan
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Because I think after, you know, she had the success of the rom-com trio, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, other directors wanted what she was having, essentially.
Because I think after, you know, she had the success of the rom-com trio, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, other directors wanted what she was having, essentially.
Because I think after, you know, she had the success of the rom-com trio, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, other directors wanted what she was having, essentially.
They wanted to craft their own Nora Ephron movies. So, like, for instance, Richard Curtis wanted to follow in her footsteps.
They wanted to craft their own Nora Ephron movies. So, like, for instance, Richard Curtis wanted to follow in her footsteps.
They wanted to craft their own Nora Ephron movies. So, like, for instance, Richard Curtis wanted to follow in her footsteps.
Yes. And John Turtletaub of While You Were Sleeping really wanted to follow in Nora Ephron's footsteps with— So if you're watching the dinner scene where Sandra Bullock's character goes to Peter's family's dinner, that whole scene could have been in a Nora Ephron movie.
Yes. And John Turtletaub of While You Were Sleeping really wanted to follow in Nora Ephron's footsteps with— So if you're watching the dinner scene where Sandra Bullock's character goes to Peter's family's dinner, that whole scene could have been in a Nora Ephron movie.
Yes. And John Turtletaub of While You Were Sleeping really wanted to follow in Nora Ephron's footsteps with— So if you're watching the dinner scene where Sandra Bullock's character goes to Peter's family's dinner, that whole scene could have been in a Nora Ephron movie.
They're all having different conversations over one another. And the grandma's just being like, oh, the mashed potatoes are so creamy. Or like, it's so familiar to like Nora Ephron territory. And you can see those little quirks.
They're all having different conversations over one another. And the grandma's just being like, oh, the mashed potatoes are so creamy. Or like, it's so familiar to like Nora Ephron territory. And you can see those little quirks.
They're all having different conversations over one another. And the grandma's just being like, oh, the mashed potatoes are so creamy. Or like, it's so familiar to like Nora Ephron territory. And you can see those little quirks.
And one of my favorite writers is Jenny Han.
And one of my favorite writers is Jenny Han.
And one of my favorite writers is Jenny Han.
Love Her, love The Summer I Turned Pretty, love Axo Kitty. What I loved about To All the Boys I've Loved Before is that it crystallizes the kind of sentiment that, you know, Nora Ephron's movies gave us at the peak of the rom-com. When Lara Jean's sister, Kitty, finds these letters that she's been writing her crushes over the years in a box and then decides to send them out.