Marjorie Yates, Leigh McCormack, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old "Bud." A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local movie-house. All the whil...( read more
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Continuing with the autobiographical memoir of Distant Voices, Still Lives, this is even more poetic and abstract remembrance of Davies' childhood. While it abandons the stream of conscious structure of DVSL, and focuses only on one character, it is no less formally impressive. D...( read more)
A follow up to the excellent 'Distant Voices, Still Lives' and, for me, an even better film.
I haven't seen either film for many years but both films left a profound emotional effect on me. The Long Day Closes (as with Distant Voices) has quite a loose narrative structure and h...( read more)
This film, the sequel to Distant Voices, Still Lives, takes up the story of director Terence Davies' childhood in 1956, a few years after the death of his father. Compared to the earlier film, it is a much lighter, more optimistic work (one need only contrast the Hollywood-fantas...( read more)
Another great movie by Terence Davies. It's too bad he makes so few movies.The cinematography is brilliant. Apparently this movie got a 10 minute standing ovation when it opened at the Cannes Film Festival. I can see why.
The Long Day Closes, directed by Terence Davies is a slow affair and carries a still feel throughout the film. The film is part autobiograhical and despite there being not much dialogue or words spoken in this film every thing is described through the imagery, camera angles and c...( read more)
well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie...i think that marjorie yates plays a good part throughout this movie i think that the director of this kids/family/drama movie ...( read more)
A hallucinatory synaptic journey that finds breathtaking realism in surrealism. The film is constructed like a series of memories, where music acts as a bridge that defies space and time. It is instantly more realistic because of it's extreme stylization. Must see for all seri...( read more)
Truly wonderful film. At last now out on dvd. Cinema doesn't get any better than this.
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