Noël Coward Screenplays
Book (italiano):
<p>This collection brings together three of Coward's most important screenplays -<i> In Which We Serve</i> (1942),<i>Brief Encounter</i> (1945) and <i>The Astonished Heart</i> (1950). The collection features the shooting scripts for each film alongside contextual notes for each play, and a general introduction, by Barry Day.<br><i></i><br><i><br>In Which We Serve</i> earned Coward an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 as well as the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film. The film remains a classic of wartime British cinema.</p><p><i>Brief Encounter</i>, the most famous screenplay in this collection, is based on Coward's 1936 one-act play<i>Still Life</i>. It remains one of the greatest love stories of all time, coming second in a British Film Institute poll of the top 100 British films.</p><p><i>The Astonished Heart</i> tells the story of a psychiatrist's growing obsession for a good-time girl and the resulting tragedy this leads to.</p><p>This collection features a foreword by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator Emeritus, Film, at New York's MoMA, and an eight-page black and white plate section of production stills.</p>
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