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Of Time and the City (2008)

Oct 31, 2008 Documentary 1h 14m
70%
User Score
7.2/10
93%
81/100

A love song and a eulogy

Overview

British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggles and conflicts that have wracked him throughout his life and the history of England during the second half of the 20th century.

Terence Davies
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Terence Davies
Terence Davies

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Of Time and the City | Official Trailer HD | Strand Releasing
Of Time and the City | Official Trailer HD | Strand Releasing
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Of Time and the City (2008) - trailer
Of Time and the City (2008) - trailer
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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on May 2, 2024

At times Terence Davies provides a really quite entertaining and insightful commentary here as he takes us through his reminiscences of growing up in the English city of Liverpool. Famed around the world for "The Beatles" it was also the home to many a famous bard, poet, songster, thespian and soap manufacturer. Using a plethora of archive material it illustrates just how this city was affected after the devastation of WWII followed by decades of stagnant, socialist-leaning, civic administration that presided over the relentless decline of a city that is populated by sparky and stoic individuals determined to keep a sense of humour, proportion and purpose even if their surroundings inspired little by way of hope. Many elements of this could just as easily apply to other industrial British ...

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