AN INTIMACY-DEPRIVED WORLD

Several years ago Eric Segal, a professor of English in Yale University, wrote a simple little volume about love. Amid the complex, abstract movie scripts replete with symbolism that flood contemporary movie offices, his seemed to be quite absurd. He simply produced a story of the intimate relationship between a Harvard hockey player and a Radcliffe coed. Equally simple and trite was the title applied to both the book and movie - Love Story. Most of you are aware that Love Story became a box office bonanza. This story of love, intimacy, and death rivals Gone With The Wind in cash receipts. Many reviewers predicted that it would revolutionize the movie industry. It did not. Producers and directors did not flock to the melodramatic theme in moviemaking. Like a breat…