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The Heart of the Film by Cynthia Whitcomb

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Love Story Anatomy

Part I. The Meet (Cute and Otherwise)

 1 Romantic Comedy Cute Meets

 2 Other Meets

 3 Old Flames Re-Ignited

 4 Married Love Stories

Part II. The Crack

 5 Breaking Through the Shell

 6 The Wounded Knight

 7 The Emotional Crack

 8 Humiliation and Low Self-Esteem

 9 Nakedness

10 Kids and Families and Friends

11 Honesty

12 Drugs and Alcohol

13 Dental Floss

Part III. Why You?

14 Matchmaking in Movies

15 Twins

16 Opposites

17 Life Force and Sleepwalker

18 Soul Mates

19 The Pressure Cooker Effect

20 Specificity: One of a Kind

21 Baby Love: Underage Love Stories

22 Old Love

23 Gender Change/Orientation

Part IV. The Obstacle

24 The Essential Obstacle

25 Animosity, Feuds, and War

26 He/She is Married ...

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