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David Lean

4 titles · british classical

Intimacy inside enormous scale. Lean moved from restrained British chamber drama to desert and steppe epics, keeping a psychological subject at the centre of the widescreen.

Signature

  • Extreme long shots holding a small figure in vast landscape.
  • Epic runtime built around one interior conflict.
  • Meticulous, patient sound and image transitions.
  • Repression as the recurring British subject.

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