▁of ▁the ▁movie ' s ▁po etic ▁and ▁very ▁under st ated ▁style . ▁Any body ▁with ▁low ▁concentration ▁parameters ▁could ▁easily ▁miss ▁the ▁les bian ▁aspect ▁altogether . ▁In ▁the ▁DVD ▁document ary ▁The ▁M aking ▁of ▁Between ▁Two ▁Women ▁( only ▁on ▁UK ▁DVD ) ▁Steven ▁Wood cock ▁says ▁that ▁Miss ▁Thompson ▁was ▁originally ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁man ▁but ▁he ▁couldn ' t ▁get ▁the ▁story ▁to ▁work . ▁He ▁claims ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁based ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁women ▁on ▁anything ▁that ▁happened ▁to ▁him ▁in ▁real ▁life ▁but ▁that ▁it ▁came ▁as ▁a ▁flash ▁of ▁insp iration ▁when ▁he ▁w oke ▁up ▁one ▁morning . ▁ ▁The ▁movie ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁northern - set ▁kitchen ▁sink ▁drama ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁New ▁W ave ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁being ▁fil med ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁natural istic ▁way , ▁drawing ▁on ▁Cin éma ▁vérit é ▁methods , ▁and ▁using ▁entirely ▁real ▁locations . ▁Its ▁main ▁difference ▁is ▁that ▁its ▁theme ▁of ▁a ▁les bian ▁relationship ▁across ▁the ▁class ▁divide ▁in ▁a ▁g rit ty ▁working ▁class ▁setting ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁considered ▁too ▁ris ky , ▁had ▁the ▁film ▁been ▁made ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁British ▁New ▁W ave ▁movement . ▁It ' s ▁this ▁that ▁gives ▁it , ▁in ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁TV ▁magazine ▁the ▁Radio ▁Times , ▁" a ▁ref res