Of Time and the City

Synopsis: Acclaimed British filmmaker Terence Davies revisits the city of his youth in the elegiac documentary OF TIME AND THE CITY. Connecting a deeply personal biographical lens to the universal notion of time, place, and home, the film depicts the psychic dissonance of arriving 35 years later in a city where the ravages of urban blight and rapid gentrification have rendered it completely and utterly transformed.Composed largely of atmospheric archive footage accompanied by Davies’s lyrical narration and a melancholy, nostalgic soundtrack, the film seamlesly intersperses Davies’s personal memories and experiences with observations about the history and culture of this iconic city.

DVD extras: The making of OF TIME AND THE CITY (2009) - in new interviews, Terence Davies and the film’s producers and archive producer discuss the making of the film and the inspirations behind it; LISTEN TO BRITAIN (Humphrey Jennings, Stuart McAllister, 1942) the classic wartime documentary which helped inspire OF TIME AND THE CITY, presented with a personal introduction by Terence Davies; Q&A with Terence Davies at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse; Original trailer ; Illustrated booklet featuring essays, credits and director biography
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2008
Subjects: Film studies; Geography; History
Keywords: biographies; documentary films; Liverpool; social geography; social history

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