I can't remember - rushing into the most deep and dark space from my mind - any other director that have the ability to film long shots and close-ups with the same talent, elegance and proposal. One of the most complete filmmakers of the history of this art.
Summertime & Bridge on the River Kwai are magnificent. Even though I haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia, I'm waiting for when I should see it and be blown away.
"He puts pictures on the screen that not even imaginations can anticipate."-Steven Spielberg at Lean's AFI Lifetime Achievement Ceremony, 1990
I wish Mr. Lean could have made another 100 films, or at least 99 more