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Terence Davies, England's greatest living filmmaker, has released only six features, and this one is his first documentary, a mesmerizing and eloquent essay about his native Liverpool.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Of Time and the City
A love song and a eulogy
2008 · 1h 14m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Terence Davies
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Of Time and the City
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.
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The film invites a reverie. It inspired thoughts of the transience of life.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Davies has carried out the duty of expansive memoirs. Instead of high-tailing it away from the rigors of reminiscence, he pushes headlong through them.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
A warm and extremely thoughtful journey, with a deliberately bare-bones narrative.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Of Time and the City is a difficult film to describe but a distinct pleasure to experience.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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