Brief Encounter (1945)
Director: David Lean
When we are caught in a twist, it sometimes feels appropriate to solve our problems ourselves without creating a hue and cry. Bringing out in the open, getting numerous opinions and getting their worthless two-cents' worth of advice may occasionally cause more problems. Being truthful out in public to the aggrieved party may not be the best choice too. Honesty is not always the best policy.
This obscure film directed by the same man who did classics 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'The Bridge over River Kwai' also did this gem. The screenplay was written by the famous English playwright, Noel Coward. The film tells the tale of a happily married mother of two and a brief encounter with a charming gentleman en route her return from weekly shopping at the railway station. The occasional weekly meeting turned into something romantic. The gentleman himself was a married man, a doctor, who works once a week at a nearby hospital. Soon realising their wayward ways, after many souls searching, the affair comes to an abrupt end when the doctor uprooted himself to South Africa.
What do you know? This film was voted by BFI as British's #2 in their list of top 100 movies of all time, after 'Third Man'.
A relevant philosophical question that begs to be answered is sexual loyalty. Values change with time. At the time this film was made, after WW2, after being drawn into the working force in droves to meet local demands in the labour force, women felt empowered. With more freedom, came sexual liberation. It was a time of conservatism, however. Morality varied from class to class. For the middle class, the sanctity of marriage is revered, and promiscuity outside the institution is frowned upon. How things change over time?
P/S: Hue and cry is a common law process where bystanders are summoned to help apprehend a criminal. (Wiki)
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Director: David Lean
When we are caught in a twist, it sometimes feels appropriate to solve our problems ourselves without creating a hue and cry. Bringing out in the open, getting numerous opinions and getting their worthless two-cents' worth of advice may occasionally cause more problems. Being truthful out in public to the aggrieved party may not be the best choice too. Honesty is not always the best policy.This obscure film directed by the same man who did classics 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'The Bridge over River Kwai' also did this gem. The screenplay was written by the famous English playwright, Noel Coward. The film tells the tale of a happily married mother of two and a brief encounter with a charming gentleman en route her return from weekly shopping at the railway station. The occasional weekly meeting turned into something romantic. The gentleman himself was a married man, a doctor, who works once a week at a nearby hospital. Soon realising their wayward ways, after many souls searching, the affair comes to an abrupt end when the doctor uprooted himself to South Africa.
What do you know? This film was voted by BFI as British's #2 in their list of top 100 movies of all time, after 'Third Man'.A relevant philosophical question that begs to be answered is sexual loyalty. Values change with time. At the time this film was made, after WW2, after being drawn into the working force in droves to meet local demands in the labour force, women felt empowered. With more freedom, came sexual liberation. It was a time of conservatism, however. Morality varied from class to class. For the middle class, the sanctity of marriage is revered, and promiscuity outside the institution is frowned upon. How things change over time?
P/S: Hue and cry is a common law process where bystanders are summoned to help apprehend a criminal. (Wiki)
https://asok22.wixsite.com/real-lesson
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