Of Time and the City (2008) - trailer

Terence Davies passionate and poetic documentary on his native Liverpool was one of the sensations of this years Cannes Film Festival. A heart-stirring meditation on time, memory and mortality, Davies first film in almost a decade marks a spectacular return to the spotlight for the director who won world-wide acclaim for his autobiographical classics Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) and The Long Day Closes (1992).

Images of Liverpool past and present are magically combined with a wonderfully rich selection of music (ranging from Peggy Lee to Mahler, Handel to The Hollies), voices, radio clips, and the directors own voice-over narration. The result is a powerful evocation of the directors youth in post-war Britain and a reflection on how his home city - and the world at large - have changed over the years. Davies is regarded by many as Britains greatest living director, and this haunting film has been widely hailed as a masterpiece.

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• Liverpool
• Terence
• Davies
• British
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• Archive
• footage
• postwar
• Britain
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• Cinema
• BFI

[kentonlarsen]

A lovely film - the British equivalent of My Winnipeg. 

[lucianapenna]

Consolation No.3 in D Flat Major is by Liszt, actually... though he was trying to write something similar to a Nocture by Chopin. Check out Horowitz's version here on YouTube.

[owenboy60]

this movie was created by my uncle no lie

[shabaily]

Just ordered this movie "Time and the City" from Amazon. Time magazine named it the ninth best movie of 2009. I left Liverpool many years ago but my affection for the city and the people just grows.

[poetlaureatte94]

Consolation by chopin.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

Ain't seen it yet, but can someone say the title of the piece in the trailer please?

Zan Q.