Terence Davies makes films about memories. Beautiful films about not always beautiful memories. In this case there isn't a threatening father, only a loving mother in a very female family home. School is a dark place, so is church, but there's always the shelter of cinema... and handsome boys.I think Terence Davies is a master of postproduction. The use of music is so good but also the sound and images go so well that you hardly notice the change in between scenes. Perhaps it's just nerds like me who get excited when they don't see he transition in between takes. Still music is well chosen and narrates and keeps the film together.
Davies' camera doesn't just move, it floats... the way the picture is framed is just perfect. As I was watching I kept thinking of The Spirit of the Beehive and then I found out imdb agrees with me and "people who liked" one liked the other too.
The Long Day Closes
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