{"product_id":"9781844575008-went-the-day-well","title":"Went the Day Well?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWent the Day Well? is one of the most unusual Ealing Studios pictures, a distinctly unsentimental war film made in the darkest days of WWII. Houston studies why the film avoids the cosy Ealing trademark. This Film Classics 20th anniversary edition comes with a new foreword by Geoff Brown, and a stunning new jacket design by Mark Swan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWent the Day Well? is one of the most unusual pictures Ealing Studios produced,\u003cbr\u003ea distinctly unsentimental war film made in the darkest days of World War II, \u003cbr\u003eand nothing like the loveable comedies that later became the Ealing trademark.\u003cbr\u003eIts clear-eyed view of the potential for violence lurking just below the surface\u003cbr\u003ein a quiet English village possibly owes something to the Graham Greene story\u003cbr\u003eon which it is based, though, as Penelope Houston shows, there remains a\u003cbr\u003emystery about the extent to which Greene was actually involved in the scripting.\u003cbr\u003eOr perhaps the direction by the Brazilian born Cavalcanti, a maverick within the\u003cbr\u003eEaling coterie, is the chief reason why Went the Day Well? avoids the cosy feel of\u003cbr\u003elater, more familiar, Ealing films.\u003cbr\u003e In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th\u003cbr\u003eanniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Geoff Brown pays homage to\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Houston's astute study, and places the book in the context of Went the\u003cbr\u003eDay Well?'s changing critical reception. Brown discusses the non-English\u003cbr\u003equalities of the film's narrative, and the extent to which Cavalcanti brought a\u003cbr\u003eforeign sensibility to its very English setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450829779318,"sku":"9781844575008","price":12.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27903495.jpg?v=1760454040","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844575008-went-the-day-well","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}