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Cutting between a major naval battle and flashbacks to the men’s lives before they left home, In Which We Serve (an Oscar nominee for best picture) was a major breakthrough for both filmmakers and a sensitive and stirring piece of propaganda.
In Which We Serve. Directed by David Lean and Noël Coward • 1942 • United Kingdom. Starring Noël Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills. In the midst of World War II, the renowned playwright Noël Coward engaged a young film editor named David Lean to help him realize his vision for an action drama about a group of Royal Navy sailors (roles ...
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In the midst of World War II, the renowned playwright Noël Coward engaged a young film editor named David Lean to help him realize his vision for an action drama about a group of Royal Navy sailors (roles that would be filled by Coward himself, Bernard Miles, and John Mills, among others) fighting the Germans in the Mediterranean. Coward and Lean e...
Criterion has put together a 4-disc box set representing the collaborative work of playwright Noël Coward and director David Lean, calling it David Lean Directs Noël Coward. The first film in the set, In Which We Serve, is presented here on a dual-layer disc in a new 1080p/24hz transfer in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. In association with IT...
The lossless linear PCM 1.0 mono track doesn’t deliver as well as the visual presentation but it’s more than acceptable. I heard a faint bit of noise in the background but its otherwise clean, presenting intelligible dialogue. It can be a bit flat, though, and music is a bit edgy, but this has more to do with the materials I feel rather than the ac...
Each disc in the set contains its own set of supplements, with a few focusing specifically on the film contained on the disc. This review only concentrates on the supplements included on the disc of In Which We Serve. Each disc includes an interview with Coward scholar Barry Day. The 16-minute one included here has Day talk a little about Coward’s ...
Criterion’s David Lean Directs Noël Coward box set is a wonderful release but the disc for In Which We Servewould make for an exceptional release on its own. It packs an amazing high-definition transfer, especially when one considers the age of the film, and a number of fascinating supplements on the film and Coward. BUY AT:
In Which We Serve is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noël Coward and David Lean, who made his debut as a director. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information.
Mar 27, 2012 · Noël Coward and David Lean’s In Which We Serve, which had its premiere in Great Britain in September 1942, when the nation was entering the fourth year of hostilities with the Axis powers, was clearly and unabashedly conceived as a morale booster for a battered, Blitz-weary people.
In Which We Serve remains, some fifty-three years later, a magnificently effective action film as well as a very moving drama. This is due entirely to the combined skills of Coward and Lean, and a cast that included a generation of future stars of stage and screen.
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In Which We Serve, we’re told by uncredited narrator Leslie Howard, is “a story about a ship.” Eleven minutes into our story, that ship, H.M.S. Torrin, is bombed by a Nazi airplane and goes down.
