Review of Brief Encounter (1945) by Panos T — 11 Dec 2008
What an amazing film; that's all I have to say. Brief encounter is a study of human behaviour showing convincingly how trivialities can change our lives.
One woman who thought she was happily married one man who was under that illusion too, a meeting in complete chance and how it forever changed them. The hesitation to express their feelings followed by an equally overwhelming hesitation to let go. An affair very brief, doomed from the start but this brief doomed affair was the highlight of the lives on two very ordinary people.
To the above add the fact that the ill fated lovers (who never were) never even had the chance to say goodbye out of fear of their affair being realised, only made their torture as well as the audience's even greater.
A note should be made of how societies and attitudes change. I cannot help noticing how the protagonists of this story although they are involved in an illicit affair they maintain their dignity and class at all times.
If that were the case today, chances are these two would take a bottle of vodka get drunk and...
Brief Encounter is a very simple film but far from plain. I wish film were made like this today.
This review of Brief Encounter (1945) was written by Panos T on 11 Dec 2008.
Brief Encounter has generally received very positive reviews.
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