Brief Encounter with Nice People

I was watching Brief Encounter (the original, not the horrible 1970s t.v. remake) again. 

[BTW, I also watched the first season of Night Court. The DVD provided a commentary track for the first episode from the show's creator, who also separately talked about the show along with Harry Anderson. It also has its charms on the nice people front.] 

The film is wonderful on multiple levels, including its cinematography and use of sound.

One thing that is so enjoyable is that the characters are such pleasant people. Their normalness is a large part of the point.

They are just two normal married people who strikingly fall in love with other people. They know that it is crazy and that there is no future in it. That doesn't change the reality.

That is the basic tragedy.

The film is mostly shown through the eyes of the woman. She is the sort of woman who is upset at herself when being annoyed at someone who is an annoying pest. Yes, they are being annoying, but it's sort of mean to have mean thoughts about that.

It's nice to remember that people deep down often are like the leads in the film. That includes the woman's husband, a nice guy who she loves, and who would be the one person she would talk about her experiences, except that it would hurt him so much.

(Meanwhile, in Minnesota. My comments.)

Anyway, it's snowing. 

Yes, it's winter, but NYC usually doesn't get this much snow. Also, it is colder than usual -- we don't usually have pre-20-degree weather. Of course, it is all variable, with forty-degree weather recently.

Sunday is a good day for it, since during the week it would cause a lot more people problems.