What Did We Just Watch? – Episode 4
Romance & Desirability 

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:

MOVIES DISCUSSED AND/OR CLIPS USED:
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Casablanca (1942). Directed by Michael Curtiz. Warner Bros.
Gone with the Wind (1939). Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967). Directed by Stanley Kramer. Columbia Pictures.
Loving (2016). Directed by Jeff Nichols. Focus Features.
West Side Story (1961). Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. United Artists.
Brokeback Mountain (2005). Directed by Ang Lee. Focus Features.
Moonlight (2016). Directed by Barry Jenkins. A24.
Fire Island (2022). Directed by Andrew Ahn. Searchlight Pictures.
Lars and the Real Girl (2007). Directed by Craig Gillespie. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Benny & Joon (1993). Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
CODA (2021). Directed by Siân Heder. Apple Original Films.
Something’s Gotta Give (2003). Directed by Nancy Meyers. Columbia Pictures.
Harold and Maude (1971). Directed by Hal Ashby. Paramount Pictures.
The Notebook (2004). Directed by Nick Cassavetes. New Line Cinema.
Dinner in America (2020). Directed by Adam Rehmeier. IFC Films.

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