Films.

KLEIN, Marc; CHELSOM, Peter

This article focuses on the motion picture "Serendipity." It illustrates the New Auteur Theory in action: Forget the old heroes, the people with the camera-they can't save us. The script is written by Marc Klein, which is so insidiously predictable, it won him a three-picture deal. Suits are scared; they reward reassurance, as long as they can respect its cynicism. The gist of the motion picture is: Jon (Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) tussle over a pair of gloves at Christmas. Each has a squeeze to shop for. They shouldn't but they spark, they skate, they float beneath improbably starry skies through enchanted Manhattan, skillfully fairytale-ified by director Peter Chelsom and cinematographer Jon de Borman, who enclose the two beauties in a space like a big snow globe with swirling plastic flakes.