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Don't make jokes about food.
Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.
I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.
I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.
I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.... (more David Lean quotes)
Lean was knighted in 1984.
Directed some scenes of The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) while
A favorite director of
Lean was a long-term resident of Limehouse, East London. His home on Narrow Street is still owned by his family.
Lean wanted to originally direct Empire of the Sun (1987), but due to his advancing age, he passed it to... (more David Lean trivia)