Brief Encounter (BFI Film Classics) by Richard Dyer - 1993-12-27

British Film Institute, December 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. Sticker remnants on rear. ; BFI Film Classics; 7.4 X 5.3 X 0.2 inches; 96 pages

Paperback. Very Good.

UK: BFI, 1993: 0851703623. Like New First edition paperback with illustrated front cover. One of the BFI Film Classics Series.The book measures 7½" x 5¼", it has 72 pages and is well illustrated with b/w photographs from the film. Excellent condition. Like New. .

BFI Publishing, 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:9780851703626

London. 1993. British Film Institute. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0851703623. 72 pages. paperback. . keywords: Film. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Celia Johnson,' writes Richar Dyer in his affectionate but clear-sighted account of Brief Encounter, ‘is probably what most people remember of the film, along with trains and Rachmaninov.' Johnson's performance as Laura, a woman torn between passion and domestic duty, is at the centre of the narrative. 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. And it is Johnson who most subtly expresses what Dyer calls ‘the heartbreakingly touching awkwardness' of the film's emotions. This emotional restraint, the sense of powerful feelings kept under wraps, is brilliantly described in Dyer's analysis; it is what gives Brief Encounter its peculiarly English feel. And it is also, as he explains, what makes the film speak… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

British Film Institute, 1993-12-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!