David Lean Directs Noël Coward
[S.l.] : The Criterion Collection, 2012
Abstract/Sommario:
In the 1940s, the wit of playwright Noël Coward and the craft of filmmaker David Lean melded harmoniously in one of cinema’s greatest writer-director collaborations. With the wartime military drama sensation In Which We Serve, Coward and Lean (along with producing partners Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan) embarked on a series of literate, socially engaged, and enormously entertaining pictures that ranged from domestic epic (This Happy Breed) to whimsical comedy (Blithe Spirit) ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | David Lean Directs Noël Coward. - [S.l.] : The Criterion Collection, 2012. - 4 DVD video (400 min.) : b/n + 1 fascic. |
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Contenuti extra: New high-definition digital transfers of the BFI National Archive’s 2008 restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray editions
Audio commentary on Brief Encounter by film historian Bruce Eder New interviews with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day on all of the films Interview with cinematographer-screenwriter-producer Ronald Neame from 2010 Short documentaries from 2000 on the making of In Which We Serve and Brief Encounter David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean’s career Episode of the British television series The Southbank Show from 1992 on the life and career of Coward Audio recording of a 1969 conversation between Richard Attenborough and Coward at London’s National Film Theatre Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Ian Christie, Terrence Rafferty, Farran Smith Nehme, Geoffrey O’Brien, and Kevin Brownlow |
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| ID scheda | 64623 |