This seems awfully familiar… Oh, I watched this in 2014!
Oh, well. Let’s watch it again; I seem to remember it being rather good.
This 2K version has been beautifully restored — the last time I saw this was on .7K. So many more pixels!
This is adapted from the Noel Coward play, and I thought that he mostly did droll comedies? This isn’t a comedy at all in any way.
The actors are absolutely brilliant. Mixing theatre projection with understated, subtle little details.
Grade A schmaltz.
Brief Encounter. David Lean. 1945.
Popular movies in November 1945 according to IMDB:
| Poster | Votes | Rating | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 27366 | 8.1 | Brief Encounter |
 | 26215 | 8.0 | The Lost Weekend |
 | 6174 | 7.7 | ‘I Know Where I’m Going!’ |
 | 2677 | 7.6 | Road to Utopia |
 | 10343 | 7.4 | Detour |
 | 3286 | 7.2 | Fallen Angel |
 | 1235 | 7.1 | My Name Is Julia Ross |
 | 1104 | 7.0 | The Seventh Veil |
 | 310 | 6.9 | Allotment Wives |
 | 477 | 6.8 | Danger Signal |
This blog post is part of the Decade series.