Perspectives on the perfect love flick

Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day movie rental? We asked a few campus personalities what their favorite romantic movie was. Here is a diverse group that's sure to please you and your sweetheart.

Dan Goulding, Professor of Film Studies:

I would have to say The Big Sleep, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. There's a real chemistry that comes out between the two in a way you wouldn't expect. There's a lot of romanticism in film noir along with all the cynicism, you know.

Pat Day, Professor of English:

His Girl Friday, because it's hilarious. I like romantic movies that are funny, not goopey.

Katherine Linehan, Professor of English:

I like a lot of those old Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn movies, but I'm going to have to say Live and Let Live, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. There's this great scene where they kiss each other and Bacall gets up and says, "It's better when you're helping."

Chuck Annable, Owner and Manager of Campus Video:

Romantic comedies are really popular right now, like My Best Friend's Wedding, Addicted to Love, and Chasing Amy, and Grosse Pointe Blank. I like Fools Rush In; it's funny and light. You are just the latest in a long line in a history of lost loves and broken hearts.

Jeffrey Pence, Instructor of English:

Instead of some bizarro choice like Play Misty for Me or some unpronounceable 1922 Czech film, I can only think of made-for-TV movies. But how about this, not too odd but I really do like it for a number of reasons: Vincent Ward's Map of the Human Heart.

Daliz Perez-Cabezas, college sophomore and Oberlin's own Dr. Love on WOBC's "Touch This, Shave That":

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Because the woman who's the lead character overcomes her dependency on her lover. And because he gets his just desserts.

Monique Mozee, college junior:

Jason's Lyric. The love scenes are the bomb. It's a love story that's set in a bad situation that ends up really good. There's not a lot of love stories about black people. The theme of a lot of black-related movies has been mostly about gangs and life in the hood and there haven't been a lot of black movies that touched on romance. It's the one of the first since Mahogany to start that kind of love theme. I liked it a lot, it's very passionate.

Jeremy Ellison-Gladstone, college junior:

Die Hard, because it makes me realize that there are some kinds of love that are worth killing a lot of people for.

Benjamin Zelkowicz, college senior:

I'd have to say The Lady and the Tramp. I love the spaghetti scene.

Mrs. Phair, Liz Phair's (OC '89) mother:

Liz Phair isn't at this number anymore. And I don't have a favorite Valentine's movie, but I think it's hysterical that you're asking.