Happy New Year! Pop champagne, kiss a loved one, and turn on the rom-com that made New Year's Eve a backdrop of your fall inspo Pinterest board: When Harry Met Sally. But don't stop there. Ilana Kaplan, author of Nora Ephron at the Movies, joins the show to put a spotlight on the woman that helped usher in the golden era of rom-coms and influenced the return of rom-coms.Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus content by joining NPR+ today: https://plus.npr.org/ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. Happy New Year, my friends. There are so many ways to celebrate the new year. Watching the ball drop with friends, popping champagne. But there's one tradition that stands above them all.
And it's not because I'm lonely. And it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
For years, rom-com fans have set their New Year's Eve countdown to the runtime of When Harry Met Sally. So they ring in the year just at the point Billy Crystal's Harry declares his love for Meg Ryan's Sally. But if you're a true rom-com fan, like me, you know that When Harry Met Sally is just the starter. You gotta watch the whole trilogy. Sleepless in Seattle.
I saw you in... The street.
And you've got mail.
How can you forgive this guy for standing you up and not forgive me for this tiny little thing?
These seminal rom-coms are all the brain children of journalist, director, and screenwriter Nora Ephron. Whose work behind the scenes has paved the way for some of our most beloved romantic comedies. But even though Nora's impact is felt far beyond the screen, her legacy is rarely mentioned alongside her contemporaries. That's why today I'm sitting down with writer and author Ilana Kaplan.
She wrote Nora Ephron at the Movies, a look at Nora's life, legacy, and why her work still rings true when the clock strikes 12. Ilana, welcome to It's Been a Minute. Thanks for having me. Our pleasure. Our pleasure. Especially to talk about the topic we're going to talk about today. This is exactly the kind of warm, cozy chat that I want to have at this time of year. So I want to take it back.
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