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VHS : Brief Encounter [1945]
starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
directed by: David Lean
directed by: David Lean
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Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5014861306428 Format: Black & White, PAL Label: ITV DVD Manufacturer: ITV DVD Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: ITV DVD Release Date: January 29, 2001 Running Time: 107 minutes Sales Rank: 564 Studio: ITV DVD Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 1946 |
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Expanded from a one-act stage play by Noel Coward, Brief Encounter is without doubt one of the true masterpieces of British film history. The story seems slight--a respectable suburban housewife has a chance meeting with a handsome married doctor, their friendship becomes romance, but they feel the pressures of convention pulling their relationship apart--but the writing, acting and direction are sublime, turning what might have been just another melodrama into a memorable and heartbreaking story of impossible love. David Lean went on to make much bigger films than this, but few of those epics packed the emotional punch of this picture, set in a mundane world of railway stations, semi-detached houses and inexpensive cafes. Trevor Howard is perfectly cast as Alec, the doctor, but the film belongs above all to Celia Johnson, as the heroine Laura. It's easy to mock her clipped ultra-English accent, but she gives one of the greatest screen performances imaginable, brilliantly evoking how an ordinary life can be turned upside down by unexpected passion. Throw in the superb use of Rachmaninov's swooning Second Piano Concerto, shrewd supporting acting from Cyril Raymond, Joyce Carey and Everley Gregg, and some of the best black-and-white photography of its era, and the result is irresistible. Anyone who isn't besotted with Brief Encounter has either never been in love, or doesn't deserve to be. --Andy Medhurst
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- Very much of its timeA beautiful love story between two married people who encounter a chance meeting at a railway station. What follows is battle of emotions and morals as they struggle to come to terms with their feelings for each other.
In todays society, its very difficult for people to relate to just how frowned upon such an affair would have been back then - such things seem to be common place nowadays. If viewed with this in mind, then Brief Encounter is a truely classic love story, and one of the ... Read More
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- Brief Encounter - A Classic Love StoryCeila Johnson (Laura Jesson)and Trevor Howard (Dr Alec Harvey)play two happily married strangers who are thrown together by fate. The film is England in a bygone age ('we were very gay during lunch')innocently referring to having drunk champagne one lunchtime and being very happy. He plays a doctor while she is a housewife who takes a weekly train to shop, see a film and to change her library books. Although she appears happily married, as the film progresses, it is interesting to see the innocent ... Read More
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- A Devon Villager's PerspectiveFilm Review - Brief Encounter - Littleham Village Hall - Saturday 4th
November 2008 at 1930
Last night was good, there was lots of bonhomie but mixed feelings about the
film amongst a healthy turnout of villagers and visitors. For at least one person, it
was very significant, as she saw it first when it was premiered in London at a time
in her life when, romantically, things were trying. For others, me included, it was
a very interesting reflection of a respected ... Read More
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- Very IrritatingAm I the only person who wants to give that woman a slap? She's got a nice husband, two healthy children and far too much time on her hands. Instead of concentrating on her familiy or doing something else useful she spends the whole film swooning over this man she doesn't actually know at all. Everything he says could be lies, but by the end she's so wound up about him leaving she wants to throw herself in front of a train! Everything about the story irritated me. The two stars are for the fact the film is ... Read More
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- You get it or you don't . . .. . . and I didn't. Yes, I know, it gets all the plaudits, and continually features in favourite film lists, but my wife and I found it exceedingly tedious, and the acting both over-the-top and wooden (if you can combine the two). By OTT, I mean gushing and melodramatic. By wooden, I mean unconvincing and uninspired. We squirmed. The story is slight, but I know that's not the point. But, when it is so slight, you need everything else in place and for me - who has admired Trevor Howard in any things - it just ... Read More
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