Brief Encounter

[Heath R]

I'm trying to remember - does the film specify whether the couple indeed make the beast with two backs - or is it left to conjecture?

 

[lloquex]

No they don't, just very intense cups of tea at train stations - IIRC

 

[The Boogerman]

No, its purely the desire to... good old fashioned restraint

 

[Trumpet Trousers]

An exercise in the British stiff upper lip, I'd say.

Nothing inappropriate whatsoever takes place.

 

[Salamander Way]

Lots of lip quivering and a final shoulder squeeze. Beautifully done.

 

[Fupid Stucker]

No, they don't and it's all the more effective because of it. I'm no prude and have nothing against sex onscreen. But it is the restraint against temptation which underpins Brief Encounter throughout and makes it stand out.

 

[RedBoNe]

Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson even conjecture is too much to handle.

 

[nsroach3]

They were dramatic like that in 1945 ..


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037558/quotes

 

[liz villa]

thanks folks - I wasn't sure - the last time I watched it was some time ago and there was a bit in the flat where I thought time might have passed