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“True Love” (1989, Kino Lorber) With a title like “True Love,” Nancy Savoca’s comedy-drama should be about all the little moments – the swirling emotions of to-be-marrieds Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard, the lunacy and love of their very Italian parents, the traditions, both sensible and otherwise – that form the building blocks of a wedding. Instead, this insightful indie looks at the reasons that two people shouldn’t come together in matrimony, and why their relationship still heads in that direction, despite all the red flags. “True Love” also doesn’t truck in tragedy: the humor and pathos aren’t mined from the couple’s downward trajectory, but rather from choices that are made based on family, tradition, experience, and sometimes, just how things are. There is love in “True Love,” but it’s complicated, and as such, rings a lot truer than a sunny rom-com or a gloomy “anatomy of a break-up” drama. Kino’s Blu-ray includes commentary by Savoca and co-writer/co-producer Richard Guay (also Savoca’s husband) and interviews with members of the production team, who recall the challenges and joys of working on a budget-minded indie in the 1980s.
