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Post by elliotthopkins on Dec 23, 2007 0:00:35 GMT
Sounds like a film I'd never ever like. Indeed it's sat on my 'to watch' pile and been passed up by so many other films for the last three years.
It's just beautiful. A well thought through and natural analysis of human emotion.
Quite resonant to my current situation.
I'd highly recommend it.
Elliott.
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Dec 23, 2007 12:22:36 GMT
It's great, isn't it? Mind you, with Noel Coward writing and David Lean directing it'd be hard to put a foot wrong. I have it on a newspaper freebie DVD as part of a double-bill with 'The Ipcress File'. Unlikely bedfellows, but both superb films that, in their own ways, beautfully evoke a lost England of yesteryear.
Mx
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Post by elliotthopkins on Dec 23, 2007 17:19:28 GMT
Spookily enough that's the DVD I have.
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Dec 24, 2007 19:42:39 GMT
Eek.
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Post by elliotthopkins on Dec 24, 2007 22:39:58 GMT
It's taken me this long to watch it.
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Post by gloriana on Dec 27, 2007 9:38:07 GMT
Still not quite as good as Kind Hearts and Coronets. But then again, few things are.
Rowan
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Post by legios on Dec 29, 2007 17:09:23 GMT
Still not quite as good as Kind Hearts and Coronets. But then again, few things are. Rowan "Kind Hearts and Coronets" in some ways however hangs on one performance... or should that be performances. I have a great soft spot for "Kind Hearts..." but in the sense of it being an absolutely wonderful idea. The decisions that were made in casting the film are what made it great - the story itself would have made an average film at best if it were made with a larger cast. The decision to have so many roles played by one actor is what makes it really zing. (Back on topic - I must admit to never having seen "Brief Encounter". I had tea and cake at a cafe called "Brief Encounter" at the National Railway Museum yesterday. But that is about as close as I have come). Karl |
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