Have you noticed…
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Brief Encounter
Monica_M_C — 15 years ago(March 26, 2011 03:55 AM)
that Lean places other men and women who might be involved in their own affairs (or might be in the near future) at strategic places throughout the train station in the film? I'm not talking about the obvious minor character couples of Albert/Myrtle and Beryl/Stanley - I mean the extras. Check out the scene right at the opening, after Albert jumps up to the platform there's one couple standing together in the background, and one in the foreground who stand a couple of yards away from each other, but look like they could introduce themselves for the first time at any moment. And I just noticed as Laura and Alec take their last walk to the refreshment room, before they descend the stairs to the ticket collector booth, there's another couple chatting under the LMS poster. The woman even has a grocery basket similar to the one Laura would use, and what looks like an equally unstylish hat!
Ghosts of Alec and Laura abound in the film, even as Laura is telling her story almost subliminally. -
CaperGuy — 12 years ago(May 01, 2013 09:09 PM)
I also noticed the placement of couples throughout the film. I thought it was brilliant. It reinforced the idea that the main couple who were having the affair were not unusual as some may believe. They were cast as one of many possible situations that could have been portrayed rather than as an oddity or rarity.