In the course of his career, David Lean created some of the most unforgettable images in cinema history: the terrifying opening graveyard sequence in Great Expectations, the poignant railway farewell in Brief Encounter, the shimmering desert of Lawrence of Arabia and the frozen expanses of revolutionary Russia in Dr Zhivago.
Film-maker and historian Kevin Brownlow spent many hours with Lean, who talked openly about a career which lasted over 50 years. Furthermore, Lean's family and friends - from the son from whom he was estranged, to the women who loved him - talk frankly about his complex personality: a man who was charming, self-deprecating, autocratic and ruthless, and yet surprisingly generous. Brownlow's definitive biography of Lean leaves the reader with an understanding of the man and an appreciation of his cinematic achievement.
- ISBN10 0312168101
- ISBN13 9780312168100
- Publish Date 1 September 1997 (first published 15 August 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 832
- Language English