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The New (1990s) Rules Don't Apply - Watching the movie Serendipity
(©2001 Miramax Films) in October of 2001 is like watching a home video
of a story from another time; a time before the tragic terrorist attacks
of September 11th.
Serendipity is a romantic comedy about the human desire for destiny fulfillment
in our search for love. Underneath, the movie is a classy, chic romp through
modern innocence in the age of American prosperity.
The lead couple, Jonathan Trager (played by John Cusack) and Sara Thomas
(Kate Beckinsale) are attractive, successful, even witty characters made
out to be your average young American adults affected by infatuation. Yet
their journey is alive with scenes of runway fashion, contemporary designer
home accents, and intellectual references to literature and theater.
Jonathan and Sara are portrayed as common Westerners, beautiful people with
sophisticated, luxurious lives and crisp, tailored personalities.
If only those images had appeared before the collapse of WTC Tower I and
Tower II, perhaps the love story would have connected to the aspirations
of a young America looking for new mythologies.
The opportunity to believe again, for the first time since the roaring 1920s,
that life would always be good. Alas, wrapped in the dense mental imagery
of churning smoke and ash from September 11th, Serendipity is like
a dream remembered from an unblemished youth. And a lasting documentation
of the hopeless romantic in all Americans that existed until the Fall Season
of 2001. |