When Harry Met Sally...
1989movie
People
Where to Watch
HBO Max
Philo
YouTube TVHBO MaxPhiloYouTube TVWhen Harry Met Sally, with all of those cute old couple interviews, is a movie about how people come together. Not only is that the story Nora Ephron was telling with the plot, but it’s also the one told visually by director Rob Reiner.This is the first shot Harry and Sally are in together, and look at that giant gap between them. Note the size, and all the debris that separates them.
But When Harry Met Sally… is different. It’s often called an “iconic autumn comfort movie,” but as a filmmaker, I’m interested in the “how.” It’s not just the script; it’s the way Barry Sonnenfeld and Rob Reiner…Coming into When Harry Met Sally…, Sonnenfeld did something impressive: he toned it down. He didn’t lose his precision, but he traded the “look at me” cinematography for an observational intimacy. He made these characters look like real people you’d actually bump into on a New York sidewalk, not movie stars on a soundstage.
