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The movie doesn’t end at the credits: Discussion Questions

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• In AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, Terry and Nickie meet on a steamship in transit from France to New York, both betrothed to other people. Though the couple at first appear to be opposites, they naturally attract. What characteristics do they share, and how do these aspects of their personalities help the pair fall in love? 
• Describe the sequence in which Nickie and Terry meet Nickie’s grandmother. How do these scenes transform the characters and what causes them to see each other in a new light? 
• AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER takes place long before cell phones and emails, making it nearly impossible for Terry and Nickie to communicate during their six-month separation. Imagine what it was like to live in a time in which miscommunications such as those represented in the movie were possible. Does it seem believable to you that the couple could have hinged their entire future on a single meeting? 
• Conjuring fantasies of marrying into money and arranged marriages, AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER evokes a trope that was common in the classic era of Hollywood filmmaking. Within the movie, the news story of Nickie marrying an heiress captures international attention. Why do you think these themes were so popular? 
• AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER is a nearly scene-by-scene remake of the 1939 classic LOVE AFFAIR. Why do you think the filmmakers wished to reboot the story after nearly twenty years? What meanings may have changed from a world in which WWII was dawning to post-war America?  
• How would you rate AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER? 

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