by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I was randomly testing some AIs about movie trivia and, would you believe, Meta’s AI, of all of the AIs I tested, gave the best answer, with Google Gemini a close second?
Here’s what it said.
ok, test passed — it’s The Rachel Papers.
Why that fits
- Say Anything… came out April 14, 1989. The lead actress is Ione Skye, who “made her film debut in River’s Edge (1986) before finding mainstream exposure by starring in Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything… (1989)”.
- Same year, 1989, she also played the title role Rachel Noyce in The Rachel Papers, listed in the 1989 film slate as “The Rachel Papers | United Artists / Virgin Films | Damian Harris (director/screenplay); Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye…”.
The period-during-sex bit
It’s not in Say Anything — it’s in The Rachel Papers, and it’s talked about, not shown graphically. Charles is debriefing a friend:
“She had her period.”
“Well, girls tend to.”
“Yeah, but it was in bed. I woke up, and it was like that scene from The Godfather.”
So the fictional character Rachel (played by Say Anything’s Ione Skye) wakes up after sex to find she’s started her period — the movie leans into the awkward, very 1989-British-comedy cringe of it.
That’s your answer: same-year 1989 film, same lead actress, infamous bed-scene period.
Anyway, the AI market is, as always, in flux. So who knows what will happen going forward. But it is interesting that Meta has managed to catch up so quickly.
