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The Long Day Closes (DVD, 2008)

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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 realise 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 administer 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 neighbourhood 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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eBay Product ID (ePID)66223875

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ActorJames Wilder, Leigh Mccormack, Marjorie Yates
Film/TV TitleThe Long Day Closes
DirectorTerence Davies
LanguageEnglish
Run Time85 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
FeaturesAudio commentary from Terence Davis and DoP Mick Coulter\On-set interview with production designer Christopher Hobbs\Behind-the-scenes footage of Terence Davies directing\Fully illustrated booklet, Widescreen, Closed Caption
GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ReviewsPremiere - Poetic, almost Proustian, Rolling Stone - A small miracle....A powerfully moving and formally adventurous film, Time Out - Beautifully poetic... the film dazzles with its stylistic confidence, emotional honesty, terrific wit and all round audacity, Chicago Sun-Times - THE LONG DAY CLOSES has the shapeliness and emotional richness of a musical suite....And with its sharply stylized and surreal imagery, it looks the way the past looks in our dreams, New York Times - A quirky, captivating book of dreams, Film Comment - It makes do, very well, with images and emotions set to popular music and films of the period. It is a memory book as songbook
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Long Day Closes

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  • by sincl.jame
    23 Dec, 2020

    touching story .

    Touching story well told , set in 1950s Liverpool ,good cast .Terrence Davis semi autobiographical film beautiful ,heart warming working class nostalgia.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: New

  • by salarsalmon
    21 Apr, 2020

    Absorbing study with interesting characters.

    Nicely judged (and photographed) study of childhood in 50's Britain, also a window on life in those times.

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