Brief Encounter - BFI Film Classics

Brief Encounter (1945), adapted from Noel Coward's play Still Life, is a classic of British cinema - a tale of impossible love between a married woman and a man she meets while waiting for a train. 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. In his lucid analysis of the film, Richard Dyer explores how its depiction of powerful feelings kept under wraps is a definitive example of a particularly English style of emotional restraint, but also how it spoke to a gay audience for whom this subject - forbidden love between ordinary people - had a special resonance. This reissued edition features original cover artwork by Rania Moudaress and a substantial new foreword that revisits the film and recent readings of it, covering its enduring legacy and adaptation for theatre and television.

ISBN:	9781844578771
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint:	BFI
Published date:	11 Nov 2015
DEWEY:	791.4372
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	79
Weight:	148g
Height:	136mm
Width:	191mm
Spine width:	7mm

Write a review

Your Name:

Your Review: Note: HTML is not translated!

Rating: Bad           Good

Enter the code in the box below: