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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 388817" data-attributes="member: 22">What a double bill! Somehow I don&#039;t think I&#039;d ever consciously (Joseph) cottoned onto the fact that Trevor Howard starred in both. He just sort of disappears into each role in a terribly discreet, English sort of way.I always think of this film in conjunction with The Fallen Idol, a little gem of a British film made a year earlier with the same writer (Graham Greene) and director (Carol &#039;father of Oliver&#039; Reed).[MEDIA=youtube]AsA7TI70ARY[/MEDIA]There is a 1970s remake of Brief Encounter which I&#039;ve never seen and which sounds highly blasphemous, but because of its casting, also irresistible:[MEDIA=youtube]YNaOiLoAM6g[/MEDIA]If I&#039;ve got this right, Brief Encounter itself was originally adapted from a one-act stage play called Still Life which was also adapted for TV in the 90s, bizarrely featuring Joan Collins as the gossipy tea-lady at the station who won&#039;t stop talking. (I haven&#039;t seen that either.)[ATTACH=full]51108[/ATTACH]What I have seen is Falling in Love, an unofficial American remake, from the 80s, starring Robert de Niro and Meryl Streep at their most twitchy and inarticulate, which I don&#039;t think is very popular, but which I absolutely loved.[ATTACH=full]51109[/ATTACH]&quot;Thank you for coming back to me.&quot;&nbsp; Yes, it&#039;s just perfect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 388817, member: 22"] What a double bill! Somehow I don't think I'd ever consciously (Joseph) cottoned onto the fact that Trevor Howard starred in both. He just sort of disappears into each role in a terribly discreet, English sort of way. I always think of this film in conjunction with [I]The Fallen Idol[/I], a little gem of a British film made a year earlier with the same writer (Graham Greene) and director (Carol 'father of Oliver' Reed). [MEDIA=youtube]AsA7TI70ARY[/MEDIA] There is a 1970s remake of [I]Brief Encounter[/I] which I've never seen and which sounds highly blasphemous, but because of its casting, also irresistible: [MEDIA=youtube]YNaOiLoAM6g[/MEDIA] If I've got this right, [I]Brief Encounter[/I] itself was originally adapted from a one-act stage play called [I]Still Life[/I] which was also adapted for TV in the 90s, bizarrely featuring Joan Collins as the gossipy tea-lady at the station who won't stop talking. (I haven't seen that either.) [ATTACH type="full" alt="still2-1.jpg"]51108[/ATTACH] What I have seen is [I]Falling in Love[/I], an unofficial American remake, from the 80s, starring Robert de Niro and Meryl Streep at their most twitchy and inarticulate, which I don't think is very popular, but which I absolutely loved. [ATTACH type="full" alt="612ZMtjggsL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg"]51109[/ATTACH] [I]"Thank you for coming back to me."[/I] Yes, it's just perfect. [/QUOTE]

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