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Screw Dear John… Rent something from Netflix this Valentine’s Day!

Splendor in a Grass
1961
Directed by Elia Kazan
The Lovers: Deanie Loomis (Natalie Wood) as well as Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty)
The Setting: 1920’s Kansas
Angst Level: Very High. Conservative ethics as well as sexual hang-up of a epoch lead to tragedy. Break out a hankie box.
Other cinema for we if you’re in this mood: East of Eden, A Place in a Sun, as well as Romeo + Juliet

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964
Directed by Jacques Demy
The Lovers: Genevieve Emery (Catherine Deneuve) as well as Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo)
The Setting: Early 1960’s Cherbourg, France
Angst Level: High. There’s a disapproving mother, a wealthier suitor as well as a fight in Algeria.
Other cinema for we if you’re in this mood: West Side Story, Moulin Rouge!, as well as brave we say, The Notebook (if we can mount Nicholas Sparks, that Ican’t).

Before Sunrise
1995
Directed by Richard Linklater
The Lovers: Jesse (Ethan Hawke) as well as Celine (Julie Delpy)
The Setting: Vienna, Austria
Angst Level: Low. They’re still young as well as maudlin in this one. The sequel, Before Sunset, on a alternativ! e palm i s a different story.
Other cinema for we if you’re in this mood: Reality Bites, Annie Hall as well as Brief Encounter

A Very Long Engagement
2004
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Lovers: Mathilde Donnay (Audrey Tatou) as well as Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel)
The Setting: WWI France.
Angst Level: High. It’s a Great War. The bad girl’s fiance is blank in action.
Other cinema for we if you’re in this mood: Atonement, The English Patient as well as Cold Mountain

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
2004
Directed by Michel Gondry
The Lovers: Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) as well as Joel Barish (Jim Carrey)
The Setting: Long Island, NY
Angst Level: Moderate. Depends on how confident we are about a ending.
Other cinema for we if you’re in this mood: (500) Days of Summer, Barefoot in a Park as well as The Apartment

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