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Acclaimed British filmmaker Terence Davies revisits the city of his youth in the elegiac documentary OF TIME AND THE CITY. Connecting a deeply personal biographical lens to the universal notion of time, place, and home, the film depicts the psychic dissonance of arriving 35 years later in a city where the ravages of urban blight and rapid gentrification have rendered it completely and utterly transformed.

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EAN5035673007891

eBay Product ID (ePID)72511184

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Film/TV TitleOf Time and the City

DirectorTerence Davies

Release Year2009

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesInterviews with Terrence Davies and the film's producers\LISTEN TO BRITAIN documentary with introduction by Terence Davies\Q And A with Terrence Davies\Theatrical trailer\Illustrated booklet featuring essays, credits and biography, Closed Caption

GenreDocumentaries, General, Documentaries & Biographies

Run Time74 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Number of Discs1

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationAcclaimed British filmmaker Terence Davies revisits the city of his youth in the elegiac documentary OF TIME AND THE CITY. A deeply personal evocation of post-World War II Liverpool, the film is a patchwork visual poem woven from archival footage, a mash-up of classical and pop music standards, and Davies' own incantations--delivered in his lugubrious, at times overwrought, elocution. Revealing a caustic wit and a biting contempt for institutions such as the Catholic Church and British royalty, the director underscores his hatred of such symbols by depicting images of the environs of Liverpool's working class, an environment that Davies sneers at as demonstrating 'the British genius for the dismal'. From the decay of government-built council houses to the crumbling edifices of shipyards, Davies chooses to stare down an urban landscape that echoes his own troubled past. Davies speaks candidly of his own childhood experiences, from the spectre of Catholic guilt and the 'dark desires' of homosexuality awakened at professional wrestling matches, to the rapture of seeing Hollywood films and musicals--pain and pleasure the filmmaker has sought to come to terms with his whole adult life. Connecting a deeply personal biographical lens to the universal notion of time, place, and home, OF TIME AND THE CITY depicts the psychic dissonance of arriving 35 years later in a city where the ravages of urban blight and rapid gentrification have rendered it completely and utterly transformed.

ReviewsEmpire - Droll, angry, erudite, moving, this is the most poignant, beautiful, entrancing British film of the year, The Guardian - Davies' film is made of old documentary footage, brilliantly illuminated by music and his commentary, The Times - A gently melancholy visual poem, Time Out - Some kind of masterpiece

ScreenwriterTerence Davies

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleOf Time And The City

Consumer AdviceContains one use of strong language