David Lean at 100: The Talent Behind the Legend

Reconsidering the highs and lows of a filmmaking icon

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Strangers on a train: Johnson and Howard share a Brief Encounter.
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Of course, the Dickens films also offer Alec Guinness as Herbert Pocket and a Fagin who drew Jewish protests in 1948, Robert Newton as Bill Sikes, John Mills as Pip, Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham, Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger and the valiant John Howard Davies as Oliver. Throw in two other films from the ’50s — The Sound Barrier (1952) and Hobson’s Choice (1953, with Charles Laughton) — and you have a series that demands steady attention and a willingness to see through the orthodox reputation of a great talent.

 
DAVID LEAN: TEN BRITISH CLASSICS | UCLA Film & Television Archive at the Billy Wilder Theater | 10899 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. | www.cinema.ucla.edu | Through Oct. 26

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