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Chapter Five Love Films Love Films（爱情片） Definition of Love Films: Romance films, love stories, or affairs of the heart center on passion, emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Oftentimes, lovers in screen romances face obstacles and the hazards of hardship, finances, physical illness, racial or social class status, occupation, psychological restraints, or family that threaten to break their union and attainment of love. Love Films（爱情片） Definition of Love Films: Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young (and older) love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life “happily ever after” implied by a reunion and final kiss. Love Films（爱情片） A List of Renowned Love Films: Love Story《爱情故事》（1970） Wuthering Heights《呼啸山庄》（1939） Waterloo Bridge《魂断蓝桥》（1940） Roman Holiday《罗马假日》（1953） The Red Shoes《红铃艳》（1948） Romeo and Juliet《罗密欧和朱丽叶》（1968） Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》（1940） The English Patient《英国病人》（1996） Shakespeare in Love《恋爱中的莎士比亚》（1998） Sleepless in Seattle《西雅图不眠夜》 US (1993) TriStar Pictures Director: Nora Ephron Cast: Tom Hanks Sam Baldwin Meg Ryan Annie Reed Awards: The film was nominated Oscars for Best Music, Original Song (“A wink and a smile”) and Best Wring, Original Screenplay. Tom Hanks (1956- ) Meg Ryan (1961- ) Part One Understanding of the Movie Task 2. Choose the best answer to each of the questions that follows. The elements of surprise and suspense in this movie come from _____. the adventures