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Distant Voices, Still Lives (DVD, 2007)

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Terence Davies directs this autobiographical portrait of working class family life in post-war Liverpool. Told in flashback and set to an evocative soundtrack, the film explores the emotional fallout of a family dominated by an overtly cruel father (Pete Postlethwaite) and follows the repercussions, including failed marriages, that the relentless abuse visits on the various family members as they attempt to lead a life away from the family unit.

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The story surrounds ordinary people in postwar Britain and is divided into two parts. Part One involves the elder sister's wedding, the father's funeral and the Blitz. The second part involves the marriage of the son.

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ProducerJennifer Howard, Colin Mccabe
EAN5035673007334
eBay Product ID (ePID)60671167

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ActorFreda Dowie, Dean Williams, Drew Schofield, Debi Jones, Lorraine Ashbourne, Sally Davies, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh
Film/TV TitleDistant Voices, Still Lives
DirectorTerence Davies
LanguageEnglish
Run Time84 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2007
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption
GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationThe second film in Terence DaviesÆs autobiographical series (TRILOGY, THE LONG DAY CLOSES) is an impressionistic view of a working-class family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool, based on DaviesÆs own family. The first part, DISTANT VOICES, opens with grown siblings Eileen (Angela Walsh), Maisie (Lorraine Ashbourne) and Tony (Dean Williams), and their mother (Freda Dowie) arranged in mourning clothes before the photograph of their smiling father (Pete Postlethwaite). Soon after, the family poses in a similar tableau, but for a happier occasion û EileenÆs wedding. While relatives sing at her reception, Eileen hysterically grieves for her dad, and recalls happy times of her youth. Tony and MaisieÆs memories, however, are more troubled. Davies intermingles and contrasts scenes like the family peacefully lighting candles in church with the brutal man beating his wife and terrorizing his young children. In STILL LIVES, set (and filmed) two years later, the siblings are settled in life, but not all happily. For Eileen, relief from her drab existence comes only when singing at the pub. With his skillfully composed frames and evocative use of music in place of dialogue, Davies creates a lovely, affecting photo album of a troubled family wrestling with the complexity of love.
ReviewsFilm Comment - The film rewards patience with astonishment....DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES is a haunting work of austere mise en scene and convulsive, repressed emotions..., Los Angeles Times - Terence Davies' mesmerising memory film, DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES, becomes its own kind of poetry: taut, referential, inward, brilliant, Empire - This inspired blend of musical and melodrama succeeds in being both fond and forlorn, artistic and authentic
CinematographerWilliam Diver
Sound sourceStereo
EditorWilliam Diver
Movie/TV TitleDistant Voices, Still Lives
WriterTerence Davies

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    Not my cup of tea

    I didn’t like this film but this is my own personal review. Some viewers of the dvd say otherwise. It was a “dark” film and quite frankly, if I had not been watching the film with someone else, I would have switched off before the end.

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