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Pick of
the indies
Brief Encounter
Who can forget the breathtaking passion, yearning and guilt
evoked by two strangers, married to other people, who fall in
love and end up meeting at a train station every Thursday?
The film is beautifully directed by David Lean in sumptuous
black and white and once you’ve seen the longing in the
eyes of housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) for doctor Alec
Harvey (Trevor Howard), you’ll be reaching for your hanky.
Taken from Noel Coward’s single-act play, this film –
possibly Lean’s most effective work – is a romantic
classic.
When it comes to classic scenes which provokes floods of tears,
Brief Encounter’s finale, with the rousing, crashing Second
Piano Concerto by Rachmaninoff washing over the pristine image
of parting lovers, has not been bettered. This digitally restored
version of Brief Encounter is being made available by Park Circus
Films to cinemas throughout the UK. |
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