Brief Encounter

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Call Number: DVD Drama Brief
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Based on the play, Still life, by Noël Coward.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945.
Also issued in box set: David Lean directs Noël Coward with Blithe spirit, In which we serve and This happy breed.
Restored by the BFI National Archive and Granada International.
Special features: audio commentary by film scholar Bruce Elder; interview with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day; making of documentary short; David Lean: A self-portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; trailer.
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Cyril Raymond, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall, Everley Gregg, Marjorie Mars.
After a chance meeting on a train station, a married doctor and a suburban housewife enter into a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Contents: Still life.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A little-known gem submitted by StephB on June 11, 2022, 4:37pm This black and white film by David Lean takes place in post-WWII England. It is a simple story about two married people who accidentally encounter each other at the train station while going from the suburbs to London. While it may seem dated, the movie captures the surprise of unexpected love in middle age. The score featuring Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 is well-suited to the film. The Guardian named this the Number One Romantic Film of All Time.