Sunday, 25 February 2018

This Happy Breed (1944 David Lean)

It's Lean doing Mike Leigh.

There's some subtlety about what sort of war Newton and Holloway have had - the latter's initial comment is 'I thought you were dead that night...' Then later, they both appear quite well decorated. And certainly Newton has a thing or two to say to Alison Leggatt on the subject... I like a bit of subtlety.

The line 'and a nice bit of leg of lamb it was too' has since stuck in my mind.

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