Distant voices, still lives / the British film Institute in association with Film Four International ; producer, Jennifer Howarth ; written and directed by Terence Davies.
Publisher:
BFI,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (20 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Originally produced as motion picture in 1988. Special features: Full feature commentary by director Terence Davies; filmed interview with Terence Davies; filmed introduction with Art Director Miki van Zwanenberg ; original trailer. Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne.
Summary:
"An impressionistic view of a working-class family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool, based on Davies's own family. The first part, Distant voices, opens with grown siblings Eileen, Maisie, and Tony, and their mother arranged in mourning clothes before the photograph of their smiling father. Soon after, the family poses in a similar tableau, but for a happier occasion--Eileen's wedding. While relatives sing at her reception, Eileen hysterically grieves for her dad, and recalls happy times of her youth. Tony and Maisie's memories, however, are more troubled. ... 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."
OCLC:
(OCoLC)166245240
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.