{"product_id":"the-long-day-closes","title":"THE LONG DAY CLOSES - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE LONG DAY CLOSES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA film by Terence Davies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTerence Davies lyrical hymn to childhood revisits the same territory as his prize winning debut feature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDistant Voices, Still Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this time focusing on his own memories of growing up in a working-class, Catholic family in Liverpool.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleven-year-old Bud (a heartbreaking performance from Leigh McCormack) finds escape from the greyness of 50s Britain through trips to the cinema and in the warmth of family life. But as he gets older, the agonies of the adult world the casual cruelty of bullying, the tyranny of school and the dread of religion begin to invade his life .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime and memory blend and blur through Davies fluid camerawork; slow tracking shots, pan and dreamlike dissolves combine to create the world of Bud's imagination and the lost paradise of childhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDVD extras\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull feature commentary with Terence Davies and DoP Mick Coulter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn-set interview with production designer Christopher Hobbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBehind the scenes footage of Terence Davies directing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFully illustrated booklet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFully uncompressed PCM stereo audio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUK | 1992 | colour | English language with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 85 minutes | DVD-9 | Ratio 1.85:1 | Region 2 DVD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Beautifully poetic...the film dazzles with its stylistic confidence, emotional honesty, terrific wit and all round audacity.' --Time Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600833040558,"sku":"BFIVD749","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/long-day-closes-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409534","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-long-day-closes","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}