Brief Encounter

By:

Richard Dyer

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Paperback / softback

Series:

BFI Film Classics

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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.

Author Biography:

RICHARD DYER is Professor Emeritus at King's College, London and Professorial Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK. His books include Stars (1979; 1998), The Culture of Queers (2002) and White: Essays on Race and Culture (1997).

Release date Australia

November 11th, 2015

Author

Richard Dyer

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Edition

2nd ed. 2015

Illustrations

80 p.

Imprint

BFI Publishing

Pages

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Series

BFI Film Classics

Dimensions

135x135x5

ISBN-13

9781844578771

Product ID

23078231

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