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Distant Voices, Still Lives (Record no. 9668)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 5035673007334
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Distant Voices, Still Lives
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. British Film Institute (BFI);
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 80 minutes;
Other physical details DVD
508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE
Creation/production credits note Davies, Terence
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A film by Terence Davies Winner of the International Critics' Prize, Cannes 1988. Terence Davies's stunning debut feature film Distant Voices, Still Lives was instantly recognised as a masterpiece on its release in 1988 and the director hailed as one of Britain's most gifted and remarkable filmmakers. Re-released in April 2007 as part of a complete retrospective season of Terence Davies's films at BFI Southbank, it was once again showered with critical acclaim. The BFI now makes the film available on DVD for the first time, presented in a beautiful new digital restoration - a fitting showcase for this unforgettable film from one of contemporary cinema's true poets. Drawn from his own family memories, Distant Voices, Still Lives is a strikingly intimate portrait of working class life in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool. Focusing on the real-life experiences of his mother, sisters and brother whose lives are thwarted by their brutal, sadistic father (a chilling performance by Pete Postlethwaite), the film shows us beauty and terror in equal measure. Davies uses the traditional family gatherings of births, marriages and deaths to paint a lyrical portrait of family life - of love, grief, and the highs and lows of being human, a 'poetry of the everyday' that is at once deeply autobiographical and universally resonant.
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note Rated 12
538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE
System details note Region 2
511 ## - PARTICIPANT OR PERFORMER NOTE
Participant or performer note Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite
Holdings
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Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Karachi Karachi DVDs 04/08/2016   PKDV1162 14/06/2022 04/08/2016 DVD (12) Book Bazaar    
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Karachi Karachi DVDs 04/08/2016   PKDV1256 14/06/2022 04/08/2016 DVD (12) Book Bazaar    
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 04/08/2016   PKDV0076 04/08/2016 04/08/2016 DVD (12) 1 DVD included    
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore DVDs 04/08/2016 3 PKDV0270 15/11/2018 04/08/2016 DVD (12) 1 DVD included 2 23/10/2018