Nora Ephron's Take

One of my favorite screenwriters of one of my all time favorite, no, definitely my all time favorite romantic movie, "When Harry Met Sally", has died.  

Nora Ephron is being eulogized in every online news medium the news, talk shows and more.  Why?  She seems to have been the Everywoman we want to be...only a wee bit more diverse and talented in each genre.

Her best loved films include "Sleepless in Seattle", "You've Got Mail", "Julie and Julia", "Silkwood", "Heartburn".  She wrote books about her body, her pregnancies, her divorce from Carl Bernstein, family dynamics, friendship.  I read her last book, "I Hate My Neck" after my husband gave it to me one Christmas.  It was an absolute scream.

I genuinely looked forward to her films.  I expected them to be heartwarming, compelling, romantic and always funny.  

I admired her work although I didn't follow her life.  Judging from the accolades pouring onto the internet, she sounds like one of her characters:  witty, warm, thoughtful, sarcastic, passionate and hungry!  The woman was a Feminist and a foodie!  

I like that she smiled in all her photos.  I like the anecdote I heard Willie Geist tell this morning about being seated next to her at a Washington "insider" style dinner recently.  On her other side was a big name Wall Street guy & Willie said she teased the guy all night long saying things like  "Are you really angry at Obama because he was mean to you?"  He said the guy was cringing.

I like hearing she could be the funniest person in the room and get her point across.  This link takes you to "the best of Nora Ephron interviews".  It won't embed for some reason but worth the viewing.  http://on.aol.com/video/remembering-nora-ephron-517405449

Clip below is "best scenes from some of her movies".

For more on Nora Ephron, check out these well-written pieces on ABC News  and Huff-Post.