Terence Davies (1945- ), filmmaker and writer, takes us, sometimes obliquely, to his childhood and youth in Liverpool. He's born Catholic and poor; later he rejects religion. He discovers homo-eroticism, and it's tinged with Catholic guilt. Enjoying pop music gives way to a teenage love of Mahler and Wagner. Using archival footage, we take a ferry to a day on the beach. Postwar prosperity brings some positive change, but its concrete architecture is dispiriting. Contemporary colors and sights of children playing may balance out the presence of unemployment and persistent poverty. Davies' narration is a mix of his own reflections and the poems and prose of others.
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Of Time and the City
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Consolation No.3 in D Flat Major
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"Music for the Royal Fireworks
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The Protecting Veil
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Hooray for Hollywood
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Beata Viscera
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Dirty Old Town
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Priveghiati si va Rugat
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He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
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The Folks Who Live on the Hill
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The Hippy Hippy Shake
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Elizabethan Serenade
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Concertino for Guitar and Orchestra in A Minor Opus 72
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Symphony No.2 in C minor - Resurrection
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Brahms Lullaby
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Dolly Suite, Op. 56-I. Berceuse
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Music for the Royal Fireworks
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George Frideric Handel:
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