#David Lean Cinema

[insidecroydon]

Andrew Haigh on why 'Strangers' had to be filmed in Croydon

Our latest, all-star Under The Flyover podcast from Inside Croydon is a recording from a special event staged earlier this week by the David Lean Cinema. All Of Us Strangers is the acclaimed movie from director Andrew Haigh, which was named as the British Film of the Year – and with much of it filmed on location in Haigh’s boyhood hometown of Croydon. At a special screening of the film at the…

[blackswaneuroparedux]

He was nothing. The well is everything.

- Lawrence of Arabia (1964)

One of the greatest cinematic scenes in movie history. And no wonder. To film Omar Sharif's entrance through a mirage, Panavision created a 482mm lens specifically for this one shot as envisaged by David Lean, the director.

It has never been used since.

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Brief Encounter (1945), directed by David Lean (March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991).

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Lawrence of Arabia 1962

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Jean Simmons - As Estella In Great Expectations (1946) 

Dir: David Lean

[kimbureh]

Willie once said to me, if you're going to shock an audience get them almost to the point of boredom before doing so.

David Lean on the advice William Wyler gave him which he kept in mind for the well scene in Lawrence of Arabia. [source]

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David Lean and Peter O’Toole on the set of Lawrence of Arabia.

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Movie still from David Lean's Summertime (1955). Those pretty legs belong to Katharine Hepburn.

[insidecroydon]

How businesses profited at expense of the Borough of Culture

BOROUGH OF VULTURES: £1.3m of arts funding provided by the Mayor of London was misused by Croydon’s Tory council to boost local businesses, but delivered a year-long flop, judging by official audience figures. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Lights are on, but no one’s at home: the poorly promoted finale weekend for the Borough of Culture had a budget of £85,000 – but failed to attract any…

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Доктор Живаго, 1965

[under-the-screen]

When Celia Johnson spoke those words, love was reinvented

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Good films can be made only by a crew of dedicated maniacs.

- Sir David Lean, director of Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

[velvet4510]

Every time I rewatch Lawrence of Arabia my biggest takeaway is the same: Daud and Farraj deserved better. Those poor sweet babies just wanted to help. Their story is one of the most heartbreaking in film history, period, and nobody ever talks about them enough.

[davidhudson]

David Lean, March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991.

With Peter O’Toole during the making of Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

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Lawrence of Arabia 1962