BRIEF ENCOUNTER by Richard Dyer ( 9781844578771 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

By:

Richard Dyer

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1844578771

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9781844578771

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Publisher:

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

Pub. date:

11 November, 2015

Edition:

2nd ed. 2015

Series:

BFI Film Classics

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Synopsis:

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.

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80 p.

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BFI Publishing

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