Of Time and the City

"This is the most poignant, beautiful, entrancing British film of the year" Empire, (2008)

Made in 2008, Of Time and the City is a gently melancholy visual poem in which director Terence Davies shares deeply personal musings on his relationship with Liverpool, the city where he was born and where he spent his first 28 years. Composed largely of atmospheric archive footage culled from, among others, British Pathé, the BBC, British Movietone News and Granada, and accented with Davies’s lyrical narration, it’s both a celebration and a eulogy for an iconic city.

Currently available to watch on BFIPlayer 

Watch The Making of Of Time and the City (2009) on BFIPlayer

Press and media coverage:

• The Guardian review by Peter Bradshaw (October 2008)
  
• BFI - Mark Kermode's Film of the Week (November 2015)
• The Los Angeles Times review by Kenneth Turan (30 January 2009)