The Terence Davies Collection (DVD)

A collection of films by Liverpudlian filmmaker Terence Davies. 'The Terence Davies Trilogy' comprises three short films: 'Children' (1976), 'Madonna and the Child' (1980) and 'Death and Transfiguration' (1983). Taken together, the three films trace the life of Robert Tucker, the director's alter ego, from childhood to the grave. 'Distant Voices, Still Lives' (1988) looks back on Davies's working class upbringing in post-war Liverpool. Told in flashback, the films begins and ends with family weddings, held several years apart, and is scored with songs from the period. 'The Long Day Closes' (1992) traces moments in the childhood of Bud (Leigh McCormack), a Liverpudlian schoolboy in 1955. Plucked from his cosy home when he is sent to his new Catholic school, the film looks at his loneliness as teachers and pupils pick on him and his increasing isolation at home as he hovers between childhood and adolescence. His beloved film idols and screen stories keep him company in his imagination but in the real world he feels increasingly like a misfit. 'Of Time and the City' (2008) is a highly personal portrait of Davies's native city, Liverpool, and shares his musings on his relationship with the place where he was born and lived until his late twenties. Composed largely of atmospheric archive footage accompanied by Davies's lyrical narration and a melancholy, nostalgic soundtrack, the film seamlessly intersperses Davies's personal memories and experiences with observations about the history and culture of this iconic city.

General

Studio:	BFI Pub
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2009
Movie released:	2008
Actors:	Philip Moudsley • Nick Stringer • Val Lilley • Robin Hooper • Terry O'Sullivan • Sheila Raynor • Freda Dowie • Peter Postlethwaite • Angela Walsh • Dean Williams • Lorraine Ashbourne • Chris Darwin • Sally Davies • Susan Flanagan • Marie Jelliman • Debi Jones • Vincent Maguire • Antonia Mallen • Michael Starke • Nathan Walsh • Marjorie Yates • Leigh McCormack • Anthony Watson • Nicholas Lamont • Ayse Owens • Tina Malone • Jimmy Wilde
Contributors:	Jennifer Howarth • Terence Davies • Olivia Stewart • Robert Lockhart • Roy Boulter • Sol Papadopoulos
Directors:	Terence Davies
Format:
Disks:	4
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	15
Categories:	DVD > Drama DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	X78-E6F-YLE-6
Barcode:	5035673008713

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