David's first ever masterpiece in his career as a director

Providenci 2022-01-07 15:53:55

Recognized as the first unworldly masterpiece of David's career as a director, it ranks second in the British Film Institute (BFI)'s Top 100 British Films. It is adapted from the one-act screenplay "Still Life" by British dramatist Noël Pierce Coward. (In the short collection "Tonight at Eight-thirthy"), it is a traditional story about middle-class men and women who have already got married falling in love when they encounter each other. Although the dialogue is complicated, the mentality of ordinary women who describe the red apricot out of the wall is in place. The director The narrative is also smooth, with cutting scenes, unique lighting treatment, excellent performance of the actors, and good use of each paragraph of Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Second Piano Concerto", which is unforgettable. http://mcyiwenzhi.blogspot.com/2009/03/brief-encounter-1945.html

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  • Orpha 2022-04-23 07:03:27

    2019006 Great light. Classic, tasteful and intense! David Lean romanticized this extramarital affair story, very meticulously based on the confidence that the heroine failed to tell her husband as the main line, and the struggle and pain made the beauty and intensity of love more prominent , touching and intoxicating.

  • Hermann 2022-04-21 09:02:54

    6. I realize that people's whole life is a contest with their own willpower.

Brief Encounter quotes

  • Laura Jesson: [Secret thoughts] I felt suddenly quite wildly happy.

  • Laura Jesson: [Secret thoughts] We were very gay during lunch and talked about quite ordinary things.