(robert zemeckis) the stakes in the story kept getting higher, the reaction the audience has watchingd, how are they ever gonna get together?" (amy heckerling) you're walking a fine line between having the reason, and with real obstacles so although that reason exists and they love each other, that they'll stay apart until some thing is resolved that's bigger than they are. yes. it's emotionally satisfying to get that cathartic moment at the end when they do come together; it's intellectually satisfying because the plot is always twisting in on itself. it's all this grand mystery, it always has been. and i think that's why it works so well in a film. i just think characters change, their attitudes change, their politics change, their intellect changes. but, not to sound too romantic, but their heart stays the same. (narrator) the golden age of romantic comedy was the screwball era, made between 1934 and 1944. it presented characters with wit, sophistication, elegance. their irreverent behavior offered an unsentimental vision that was powerfully romantic and distinctly modern. (screech

(robert zemeckis) the stakes in the story kept getting higher, the reaction the audience has watchinggod, how are they ever gonna get together?" (amy heckerling) you're walking a fine line between having the reason, and with real obstacles so although that reason exists and they love each other, that they'll stay apart until some thing is resolved that's bigger than they are. yes. it's emotionally satisfying to get that cathartic moment at the end when they do come together; it's intellectually satisfying because the plot is always twisting in on itself. it's all this grand mystery, it always has been. and i think that's why it works so well in a film. i just think characters change, their attitudes change, their politics change, their intellect changes. but, not to sound too romantic, but their heart stays the same. (narrator) the goldenge of romantic comedy was the screwball era, made between 1934 and 1944. it presented characters with wit, sophistication, elegance. their irreverent behavior offered an unsentimental vision that was powerfully romantic and distinctly modern. (screech