The man who built deserts and trains finally builds himself.
A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews in which the director explains his methods, the beginnings of his career, and his relationships with actors and actresses.
Direction
Lean directing himself being directed. Meta before meta was cool.
Production
Intimate footage of *Ryan's Daughter* chaos — weather as antagonist.
Director
Thomas Craven
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lean insisted on editing this himself, naturally. It was originally twice as long and BBC rejected the cut.
This aired months before *Ryan's Daughter*'s disastrous release, making Lean's confidence about 'commercial success' almost painfully ironic.
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