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"Best of all, its greatness is not that born of grand spectacle, or cinematic bombast. Hauntingly minimal, Brief Encounter is a story told through tiny gestures, train timetables, and thoroughly mundane everyday activities made marvellous. In this tender tale of the smallest, most beautiful things, the fleeting touch of a lover’s hand means more than the most passionate kiss."

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letterboxd.comA ★★★★★ review of Brief Encounter (1945)"Best of all, its greatness is not that born of grand spectacle, or cinematic bombast. Hauntingly minimal, Brief Encounter is a story told through tiny gestures, train timetables, and thoroughly mundane everyday activities made marvellous. In this tender tale of the smallest, most beautiful things, the fleeting touch of a lover’s hand means more than the most passionate kiss." ... If someone can write these magnificent lines on a movie, then there's the proof that cinema can be LARGER than life.  www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/brief-encounter-return-ticket
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Rob Christopher

3 things about David Lean’s THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS [1949]

1. A lunch that lasts so long the afternoon transitions into twilight; they watch the lights coming on outside from the balcony.
2. The curve of the tracks.
3. He sets down her drink on the theatre program, just after she notices its presence.

This is something special. I can't wait to see it again.

The black and white image portrays a scene set in what appears to be an underground subway station. In the foreground, a man and a woman are captured in a close, intimate moment. The man, dressed in a dark suit, has his arms around the woman, who is wearing a plaid coat. They are facing each other closely, and the woman looks up at the man with a serious expression. The background features a curved wall adorned with posters or advertisements, although the specific images on the posters are not clearly visible. Further in the background, blurred, a uniformed person, possibly a station worker, is seen leaning on a broom or mop, appearing to sweep the floor.
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Zorro

Watching Brief Encounter (1945) for the first time. Written and produced by Noel Coward and directed by David Lean, it's a black and white study in suburban infidelity and suppressed longing.

There's a great line from Celia Johnson's character which struck me, perhaps more than any other in the movie:

"It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy and so very degrading."

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