Terence Davis
The Long Day Closes
Edition 1992
85'
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1992
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Drama, Biography, Romance
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Dialogue:
English
Director:
Terence Davis
Composer:
Bob Last / Django Films
With:
Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson
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 while, his family looms large in our peripheral vision as do the menacing bullies of his school, but Bud is the center of attention both from the camera's angle and from his doting family. With a gray background, the film fuses clips and audio from classic movies into Bud's dreary childhood and brings it to life with an elegance Bach would bring to your home movies. The overall effect is a montage of memory which seems to ignite flashes of recognition in the viewer.
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Credits
Director
Terence Davis
Composer
Bob Last / Django Films
With
Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson
Scenario
Terence Davies
Director of Photography
Michael Coulter
Editor
William Diver
More information
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United Kingdom
Year
1992
Filmography
Terence Davies
Children (short, 1976), Madonna and Child (short, 1980), Death and Transfiguration (short, 1983), The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983), Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992), The Neon Bible (1995), House of Mirth (2000), Of Time and the City (2008), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Sunset Song (2015), A Quiet Passion (2016), But Why? (short, 2021), Benediction (2021)
