{"product_id":"9781844575008","title":"Went the Day Well?","description":"\u003cem\u003eWent the Day Well?\u003c\/em\u003e 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 in a quiet English village possibly owes something to the Graham Greene story on which it is based, though, as Penelope Houston shows, there remains a mystery 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 later, more familiar, Ealing films.\u003cbr\u003e In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary 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 \u003cem\u003eWent the\u003cbr\u003eDay Well?\u003c\/em\u003e's changing critical reception. Brown discusses the non-English qualities of the film's narrative, and the extent to which Cavalcanti brought a foreign sensibility to its very English setting.","brand":"BFI Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058069750000,"sku":"9781844575008","price":17.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781844575008_p0.jpg?v=1763743517","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844575008","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}