You say Brief Encounter, I say WTF

From Kevin Brownlow's David Lean: A Biography:

Howard (to Lean): David, will you please explain this to me. This is a fucking awful scene.

Lean: What's fucking awful about it?

Howard: Well, they know jolly well this chap's borrowed a flat, they know exactly why she's coming back to him - why doesn't he fuck her? All this talk about the wood being damp and that sort of stuff.

Lean: Look, Trevor. Have you ever been out with a girl ... and you know that you're going to make love, whether it's ...
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