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Brief Encounter: BFI Film Classics (Paperback)

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Brief Encounter (1945) is a classic of British cinema. This second edition of the BFI Film Classic features original cover artwork and a new foreword

 

 

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Adapted from Noel Coward's play Still LifeBrief Encounter (1945) is a classic of British cinema - a tale of impossible love that still resonates today.  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.

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SKU 9781844578771
Author(s) Dyer, Richard
Subtitle BFI Classic
Publisher(s) BFI Palgrave
Format Paperback
Original publication date 11 Nov 2015
Edition 2nd
Number of pages 80
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