Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
- Directed by
- Terence Davies
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 135 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film shows the daily lives of a working-class family in Liverpool from the 1940s into the early 1950s. It focuses on how music, movies, and the local pub shaped their close community.
melancholicnostalgiclyricalslow-burnintimateevocativebitter-sweetgritty
What happens
Distant Voices, Still Lives is a 1988 British period drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular music, Hollywood cinema, light entertainment and the public house within this tight-knit community. The film won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. In 1988 the film won the Golden Leopard of the Locarno Film Festival. In 2007 the British Film Institute re-printed and distributed the film across some of Britain's most high-profile independent cinemas, prompting The Guardian newspaper to describe Distant Voices, Still Lives as "Britain's forgotten cinematic masterpiece". In a 2011 poll carried out by Time Out of the 100 greatest British films of all time, Distant Voices, Still Lives was ranked third. The film is now sometimes seen as one of the best films ever made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Across the Lake (1988)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.