Hi Bruce,
I think it's probably me you're disagreeing with, rather than David. Tho I
don't think we're disagreeing. I was saying Lean made it *seem* epic, in
terms of taking an ordinary story between two ordinary people and elevating
it to appear of utmost importance and almost heroic to an audience. It's
certainly still a little movie with regard to size of cast, plot, budget and
locations, unlike Lean's later works. I shouldn't have left out Noel
Coward's contribution as well. In a modern movie, I suspect the whole
situation
would be reduced to a couple of scenes!
Don't get me started on I Know Where I'm Going - I'm a major
Powell/Pressburger fan. At least we're in good company - one of Spielberg's
favourites
(not to mention Scorcese).
Paul
In a message dated 23/04/2009 14:17:55 GMT Daylight Time,
brucehershen...@gmail.com writes:
This is a rare case where I have to disagree with David!
I think Brief Encounter is a virtually perfect "little" movie. I think it
completely and acurately captures the feelings good decent people go through
when they find themselves in this situation, and I don't find a flaw in
it. Obviously David really likes it as well, but he seems to be "apologizing"
for liking it so much, and I think there is no reason to do so!
I wish David Lean had stuck to making little movies, and left the epics to
someone else (kubrick too!).
A movie I like almost as much is "I Know Where I am Going", but few people
seem to have ever seen it.
Bruce
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