Brief Encounter

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An iconic scene from the film

I do like finding out about events by chance, it adds a lovely air of intrigue to them. Such was the case this evening, as part of the Manchester Weekender, Onwards Events have set up a pop-up cinema in the 1830s warehouse and are showing an assortment of classic films with associated after parties (this evening’s was a 1940s tea dance at Gorilla to which your author did not feel he had the requisite energy to go).

I must confess that this is the first time I’ve ever seen ‘A Brief Encounter’, and for that I do hang my head in shame. However I can raise it once more since I have corrected the error now! For those who have not seen it, it’s written by Noel Coward and features his particularly dry wit and observations. The story follows the meeting and falling in love of a pair of happily married people and how they enjoy the brief encounter whilst it lasts. The story is not tawdry or as sensational as it would be treated now, instead it’s a study in the very British traits of being reserved and doing the right thing.

To say any more about the story would be to spoil it, and the story does not stand up so well to our modern scrutiny. I came away having enjoyed the whole experience and loving the insight into life in 1945. I did feel drastically under-dressed as so many of my fellow cinema-goer had dressed in 1940s garb! I do wish I’d gotten some photographs, instead I was having a glass of wine and catching up with a few friends I’d not seen in forever (all of whom had gotten dressed up).

Check out the rest of the events at the Manchester Weekender, and if you get a chance, go to the pop-up cinema, you’ll thank me for it later!

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