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Release Date
• USA: May 28, 1993
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 25 minutes
Country UK
Studio British Film Institute, Film Four International
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Other Titles
• The Long Day Closes
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Genre: Drama, Coming Of Age, Fantasy
Plot: The beautiful, multi-layered opening scene of Terence Davies’s follow-up to DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES is a perfect illustration of how Davies uses his directorial craft to realize his autobiographical themes. Accompanied by snippets of dialogue from films like THE LADYKILLERS, along with 20th Century Fox’s triumphant theme music, and Nat King Cole crooning Stardust, Davies’s camera glides down a rain drenched Liverpool street, its houses now in ruin, with a peeling poster of THE ROBE hanging on a wall. Davies then fades to a sunny, sepia-toned 1955 where in one such house 11-year-old Bud begs to go to a picture show. Unlike in Davies’s previous work, Bud’s home is happy and safe, complete with joyful holiday tableaux, and numerous movie outings. His Catholic school, however, is a harsh world where teachers give lashings, and he is bullied and friendless. Bud is a wistful observer in life – both at the cinema, and at home, watching his much older siblings and neighborhood kids from the window. Davies again creates a lovely, dreamlike montage of memories, with gliding tracking shots and an artful layering of film dialogue (THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, GREAT EXPECTATIONS), pop songs and religious music.
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| Directed by |
Terence Davies
The House of Mirth, Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Neon Bible |
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| Written by |
Terence Davies
The House of Mirth, Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Neon Bible |
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| Music By |
Bob Last
The House of Mirth, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, Verborgen gebreken |
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