Distant Voices Still Lives (1988) part 2 - Terence Davies

Well this is the last 39 captures of my tribute to Distant Voices, Still Lives, a deeply moving movie by Terence Davies.

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Listen to a rare interview by Terence Davies where he talks about the working class and being a director. This interview has been broadcasted on ARTE TV just before the screening of Distant Voices, Still Lives :
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Angela Walsh plays Eileen one of the daughter. 2 years later she will play in I Hired a Contract Killer by Aki Kaurismäki, then she disappeared sadly in the realms of Tv series. Her best friend in the movie is Lorraine Ashbourne. Guess what ? she has a small part in the new Peter Jackson King Kong (she plays in Jack Driscoll's play).

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Listen to a rare interview by Terence Davies where he talks about his mother and his relationship with his father. This interview has been broadcasted on ARTE TV just before the screening of Distant Voices, Still Lives :
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Listen to Angela Walsh sing "Brown Skin gal" from the movie with our
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"Most descriptions of the film and even the title itself suggest it embodies a kind of anti-cinema that is defined by notions of stillness, isolated sound and enclosed tableaux and yet this says little about the film's atmosphere or explicit textuality (which are both self-conscious and felt). A film which can, in turns, effectively evoke the cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Bill Douglas, Yasujiro Ozu, and the MGM musical must be considered in terms that respect its cinematic specificity."
Adrian Danks in Senses Of Cinema.

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Listen to the last song of the movie : O Waly Waly by Benjamin Britten sung by Peter Pears. The soundtrack of Distant Voices, Still Lives has been released on vinyl at the time by Rough Trade.
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"A ship there is, and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep as deep can be,
But not so deep as the love I'm in;
I know not if I sink or swim."

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"The life of a working-class family in Liverpool. The wedding of the elder daughter and the christening of the younger daughter's baby evoke memories of the family's past, including their lives through the war years."

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NOTES
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These frames are taken from a rare broadcast on Arte in 1994.
Distant Voices, Still Lives has been released on Laserdisc in 1989 & on VHS in february 1990 by Artisan Entertainment.

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I want to dedicate this movie and this blog to those who are in need or lonely during this time of year where it's more difficult than ever.
I wish you a merry christmas if possible.
This song is for you :
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Winter Wonderland by Cocteau Twins available on Lullabies to Violaine a compilation of singles released by 4AD in November 2005.

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This blog will now be put on hold for Christmas.
I'll be back on January 9th 2006.

See you next year.
take care dear imaginary friends...

"in the meantime, any comment is appreciated"