THE TERENCE DAVIES TRILOGY - DVD

THE TERENCE DAVIES TRILOGY
Children (1976, 44 mins) | Madonna and Child (1980, 26 mins) | Death and Transfiguration (1983, 24 mins)
Films by Terence Davies

Before Distant Voices, Still Lives and The Long Day Closes confirmed his status as one of the cinematic masters of our day, these three short early films by Terence Davies reveal a filmmaker of great early promise.

In stark black and white, Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucker, in a narrative that slips like a shuffled pack of cards between childhood, middle age and death, shaping the raw materials of his own life into a rich tapestry of experiences and impressions.

Over the course of these films, we witness the emergence of Davies singular talent, the refinement of his technique and a director, growing in confidence, soon to become fêted as British cinema's greatest film poet.

Special features

• Full feature commentary by Terence Davies
• Filmed interview with Terence Davies
• Fully illustrated booklet including essay by Derek Jarman
• Fully uncompressed PCM stereo audio

UK | 1976 -1983 | black & white | English language with hard-of-hearing subtitles | 94 minutes | DVD-9 | Ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD

Review

'Three extraordinarily individual works from a British director who spent 10 years painfully carving art from his own life' --The Times