Title: Brief Encounter Year: 1945 Writers: Noel Coward (his play), David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan Actors: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard Director: David Lean iMDB: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Why a Classic?: I think this is a classic 40s film because it captures the listlessness and uncertainty that people felt during WW2. Plus, to hear a woman's most honest thoughts on feeling tied between two lives was one of a kind then and even rare now. Favorite Moment: It's a small moment but makes Laura an even more sympathetic character: on the train with a friend who has rudely interrupted her, she vents frustrations mentally about wanting her friend to stop yammering on. She says "I wish you'd stop prying and trying to find things out. I wish you were dead - no I don't mean that. That was silly and unkind. But I wish you'd stop talking." It's incredibly human because we've all had those quick thoughts run through our heads. Favorite Dialogue: Laura expressing more of her deepest, most honest thoughts to herself: "I had no thoughts at all, only an overwhelming desire not to feel anything ever again." Look For: The angles and perspective the camera puts us in as well as it's closeness and distance from the characters. Particularly, a completely brilliant unique use of the dutch angle towards the end.

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