Terence Davies - 'Of Time and the City'

This is a documentary film by Terence Davies called 'Of Time and the City'. This artist was mentioned in the tutorial a few weeks ago, to look at because he has documented the passage of time and the history of a place (city). This is something that we as a group have looked at with regards to the history and the passage of time of the industrial mills in our local area.

In this film, what works well is that the film documents everyday life in the past, such as, children playing and hard labour done by men and women. Each section of the film connects with each other because it describes a certain part of Liverpool's social history. Some people who are alive now could have memories and can reminisce about this time because they grew up in it or have other memories from family members who have told them stories about this time in history.      

The classical and opera music that plays alongside the film does work well because it suits the pace of the piece and is quite sombre as if something has been lost from Liverpool's social history and can never come back.

By Charlotte Rowley