Of Time and the City (12A)
An old curmudgeon reflects on his home town, his childhood, and the changes in Britain over the last 60 years
Director: Terence Davies
UK, 2007, 1 hour 12 minutes
Thur 26 March 6.30pm / Sat 28 4.15pm - The Courtyard Hereford
A montage of archive images and contemporary footage show the effects of time on Liverpool, the director's native city. Alongside a rich soundtrack of music, snippets of radio, poetry and jokes Davies's own voice-over is in turn, poetic, ironic, melancholy, angry and witty. With audacious, original and exhilarating juxtapositions of music and image, this is a film, above all, about memory and time's passing, ageing and loss; it's about how Britain has changed over the last century.
"a film of love, passion and indignation, full of startling beauties." Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
External Links: Official site / Guardian review / Sight and Sound review