First Time Watching *BRIEF ENCOUNTER* is the saddest love story | Movies with Mia

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We are back with another classic film reaction! Today we are venturing across the pond with this timeless tale of forbidden love. Written by Noel Coward and Directed by David Lean, BRIEF ENCOUNTER follows two people who meet each other at a railway station and fall in love, but they are both married to other people! I'm so excited to watch this with all of you!

Shout out to @domcoke for recommending this movie!

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Original Source: Brief Encounter (1945)

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[domcoke]

So thrilled you watched this. And that you loved it. I knew instinctively knew you would - I sensed the romance in your sensibility. In my opinion Brief Encounter is Lean's masterpiece. Most people cite Lawrence of Arabia, or Doctor Zhivago, but for me I find those films overblown, and rather boring. Brief Encounter is a beautifully drawn chamber piece. An intimate love story deeply felt. And I think it's one of the best love stories ever told. So I'm genuinely chuffed that you enjoyed it. Also, you're right about the British doing it better... [spoiler: I'm British ;) ]

[dayanna]

I love this movie so much. The farewell scene breaks my heart in so many ways I can't even elaborate on that.

[michaeldilworth]

My grandad was station master at the station where the movie was filmed. Carnforth in Lancashire

[paulkreutz]

Hello Mia. Please consider reviewing "Now, Voyager" (1942),  which centers on psychoanalysis (relatively new for its day). Bette Davis (Charlotte Vale) shows how analysis, at its best and most effective, could change the world for one individual.  I greatly enjoy your reviews and reactions and thanks for taking my suggestion under consideration.

[Psycopathicus]

Never feel embarrassed for absorbing older terms into your personal vocabulary - it just means they're now personal to you. It's fun, really; it makes you think about the language a bit more. For instance, I did some research into old 'hardboiled slang' at one point for a story I'm writing, and now I find that, for instance, 'trip for biscuits' has almost entirely replaced 'wild goose chase' in my mind.

[philipcochran]

One of my favourite Celia Johnson films is This Happy Breed, a British film about a family between WW1 and WW2; also by David Lean

[cimarronwm]

I grew up with old black and white movies, that and reading constantly, so I speak archaic fluently. I completely understand you picking up the language. It's fun, but you may get some strange looks. I've been considered weird my whole life.

[artie]

It is the BEST british movie ever made

[BuffaloC]

This is months later... mid-October... every time I discover how deep you've gone into the history of great films, I keep thinking, "What an advantage you have!" - over all peer film-fans because, eventually, all film fans dive THIS deep and deeper into entertainment history. Babyboomers had an advantage because it was common to see '30s - '50s films on TV, or on college campuses - even school assemblies or parties. Because all these films were readily available, and TV stations often had blocks of hours unassigned - so they'd play old films. Now we have tons more channels and a greater availability but far less THOUGHTFUL program that rewards "interest in the history of entertainment". You're doing that. Thanks.

[OuterGalaxyLounge]

One of the absolute greats. Celia Johnson' gives the best performance ever.

[pillboxmovies]

Holy crap this is the kind of content I wanna see!

[matthewzuckerman]

I just watched an interesting documentary on this movie with half a dozen critics analysing it, and you know, I think you highlighted every facet that they did... and more succinctly! Well done!

[tananario]

The accent you are hearing is known as “RP, ” short for “Received Pronunciation.”

[nicholasbielik]

I appreciate your comments about B&W. It feels more romantic to me as a film style. We know this isn’t reality because it’s not “realistic” at all in the way it looks. This film takes full advantage of those qualities.

[robinhooduk]

i remember hearing that this film was produced or paid for by the british government, as a sort of public address for all the wartime wives that were having affairs while they hadnt seen their husbands for years. it was was a very grown up and mature message for the british government to give, it didnt mock or disregard all those womens eelings, it said yes you may have found real love, but you are married, its time to do the right thing, its sad and its painful but you have to do the right thing now and stop this

[cimarronwm]

One of my favorite complicated love stories is Random Harvest with Ronald Colman and Greet Garson. His voice, oooh. I adore it. And Greer just sparkles.

[glennalpaugh]

Try "How Green Was My Valley, " and "Touch Of Evil."

[angierucinski]

Don't ever let a stranger remove a piece of grit from your eye, you might just fall in love. 💔 Btw, the music is Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto No. 2. An amazing piece of music in its own right but paired with this film has made them both incomparable. Thank you for your lovely reaction.

[calcecini]

Thanks for this great reaction - I've just subscribed and am catching up with your videos. Trevor Howard is also great in "The Third man" (1949) which is a movie I would highly recommend to you ( it was voted "best British movie ever made" by the BFI). I think you could do a great reaction to that! Thanks again for the excellent videos.

[charlessperling]

Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard would work together again in "Staying On" in 1980.

Johnson was married to Peter Fleming, the older brother of Ian, the creator of James Bond. Peter was famous long before then (his *Brazilian Adventure* came out in 1933; Ian's *Casino Royale* was published in 1953), but nowadays, he's probably remembered if at all only as Ian's brother, cellist Amaryllis's half-brother and Johnson's husband..

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