Brief Encounter - Brossura

Dyer, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0851703623 ISBN 13: 9780851703626

Casa editrice: British Film Inst, 1993

Riassunto

A study of David Lean's "Brief Encounter". In this personal account of the film, Richard Dyer traces its significance to post-war movie-goers, and the power of its enduring appeal. Each volume in the "BFI Film Classics" series contains a brief production history and a detailed filmography.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Stars, Heavenly Bodies, Now You See It: Studies in Lesbian and Gay Film, Only Entertainment and The Matter of Images.

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Celia Johnson, writes Richard Dyer in his affectionate but clear-sighted account of "Brief Encounter" "is probably what most people remember of the film, along with trains and Rachmaninov." Johnson's performance as Laura, a woman torn between passion and domestic duty, is at the center of the narrative. Though it's a film made by men, it is the woman's voice we hear recounting the story of a small-town love affair and her renunciation of it. And it is Johnson who most subtly expresses what Dyer calls "the heartbreakingly touching awkwardness" of the film's emotions. This emotional restraint, the sense of powerful feelings kept under wraps, is brilliantly described in Dyer's analysis; it is what gives "Brief Encounter "its peculiarly English feel. And it is also, as he explains, what makes the film speak so directly to a gay audience, for whom the subject - forbidden love in ordinary lives - has a special resonance.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: British Film Inst
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0851703623
• ISBN 13: 9780851703626
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 72
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile