for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1981 romantic comedy Modern Romance, directed by and . A brilliant, hysterically funny comedy starring, Albert Brooks as a Film Editor desperately trying to commit himself to his girlfriend Kathryn Harrold. Brooks endures . Opening scene from Albert Brooks second feature, Modern Romance. (1981) March 1981 TV spot for Modern Romance, a comedy film directed by and starring Albert Brooks, who also co-wrote the script with Monica Mcgowan Johnson.