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Of Time and the City
Brilliantly mixing archive film and music, Liverpool-born director Terence Davies reflects with wit and wisdom on a times of change, for good or ill
Documentary 2008 74 mins
Director: Terence Davies
Overview
Director Terence Davies displays his rare sensitivity for the telling image, the haunting melody and the spoken word as he combines his own witty, literate narration with archive film and an inspired soundtrack to reflect on how Liverpool, the city of his birth, has changed over the last sixty years or so. At once deeply personal and highly relevant as an acerbic reflection on postwar Britain
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Extras
Deep Blue Sea (Press conference)
Terence Davis on The Deep Blue Sea (Short interview)
