Of Time and the City is both a love song and eulogy to the director's birthplace - Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as skylines change and time takes its toll. Read more
| Director | Terence Davies |
|---|---|
| Genres | Documentary |
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Of Time and the City is both a love song and eulogy to the director's birthplace - Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as skylines change and time takes its toll.
| Director | Terence Davies |
|---|---|
| Studio | BFI VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 12 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 30 Mar 2009 |
Terence Davies returned to Liverpool to make this docu-essay, a poetic, sometimes caustic, always enthralling cocktail... read more on Time Out
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SCOUSE AND BARM FOR THE SOUL
Let's face it: If you're not a fan of Liverpool or have no affinity with it this will probably leave you as cold as the Merseyside waterfront at Albert ... read more »
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Thoughtful and engrossing, bitter but not twisted.
I'm not from Liverpool, Scots actually, but have lived alongside it for forty years and it is one of the most fascinating cities architecturally, ... read more »
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understated but not undemanding
Terence Davies is very much a square peg in the round hole of modern cinema. Without the slightest trace of arrogance he chooses not to play any game but his ... read more »
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Excellently crafted
This is a terrific documentary film, I loved it. Don't expect a complete overview of the history of Liverpool - it's not supposed to be that and it'... read more »
Veteran director Terence Davies considered quitting the movie industry in the 2000s after growing "sick of the struggle" when two of his projects collapsed due to lack of funding. The Brit was working on a drama and a comedy, but the films failed to make it to the big screen because of financial issues. The setbacks hit Davies hard and he debated giving up his moviemaking career - until his 2008 documentary Of Time and the City became a critical success. He tells the Telegraph magazine, "The... Read more
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