大卫·里恩无疑是这个时代最杰出的电影导演之一,他的名字后面跟着长长一串充满智慧、壮观雄伟、令人难忘的影片名单。影片中渗透着他对电影的深刻理解、对生活的特有洞察力和对人类命运的永恒关心。有人把他比作电影界的狄更斯、绘画界的盖恩斯巴勒、音乐界的沃恩·威廉斯,此比诚不为过。提到《桂河桥》和《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》等影片,人们永远充满敬佩之情。然而,理论界对大卫·里恩的评价却不甚公平,尽管他成绩赫赫,却不被苛求的眼光所理解。同希区柯克一样,在很长一段时间内他仅被 David Lean is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding film directors of this era, followed by his long list of smart, spectacular, unforgettable films. The film is permeated with his profound understanding of the film, unique insight into life and eternal concern for the fate of mankind. Someone compared him to Dickens, the film industry, Gainesborough in the painting industry, and Vaughan Williams in the music industry. When it comes to “River Kwai Bridge” and “Lawrence of Arabia” and other films, people are always full of admiration. However, the critics’ assessment of David Lean is less fair, though he is notoriously disagreeable. Like Hitchcock, he was only for a long time