The Thing Called Love

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The Thing Called Love is a Peter Bogdanovich movie released in 1993. The movie stars Samantha Mathis as Miranda Presley ("no relation," she tells people), who comes from New York City to Nashville, where she auditions at The Bluebird Cafe. She is not invited to perform, but accepts a job as a waitress. She meets and falls in love with an up-an-coming star performed by River Phoenix in one of his last roles, and befriends a less likely candidate for stardom in the quirky Linda Lue, performed by Sandra Bullock.

While the movie involves a love triangle and various complications in Miranda's route to success, it is primarily a somewhat sweetened glimpse at the lives of aspiring songwriters in Nashville. A more bitter movie with the same premise is Robert Altman's Nashville. Interestingly, both movies feature songs written by and performed by casts of actors who are not professional musicians.

A "making of" documentary is available on the film's DVD release, titled "The Thing Called Love: A Look Back".[1]

The Thing Called Love at the Internet Movie Database

Films Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Targets • Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women • The Last Picture Show • What's Up, Doc? • Paper Moon • Daisy Miller • At Long Last Love • Nickelodeon • Saint Jack • They All Laughed • Mask • Illegally Yours • Texasville • Noises Off  • The Thing Called Love • The Cat's Meow • Hustle • Infamous

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