Of Time and the City
2008 · 74 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,316 VOTES · DIR. Terence Davies
Overview
British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggles and conflicts that have wracked him throughout his life and the history of England during the second half of the 20th century.
Dialogue Timeline — 476 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:12 Into my heart an air that kills
00:05:19 Come closer now
00:06:42 now made into restaurants as chic as anything abroad.
00:09:41 my eldest brother listening to the football results
00:10:49 - Yes, but apart from that. - Oh! Ain't he bold!"
00:12:27 Not for its pantomimic villainy but for something more illicit.
00:13:59 Why do l plead?
00:15:28 "We used to help one another out.
00:16:58 * Dirty old town
00:18:32 And after that...
00:24:56 Do you remember?
00:26:27 Cometh the Korean War.
00:31:01 leaving only a fading memory of when most of the globe was red
00:36:19 But how shall we sing in a strange land?
00:37:59 Robert Merrill and Jussi Björling - The Pearl Fishers.
00:39:47 Listening to their controlled excitement pouring through the wireless.
00:41:00 ''Let's have a day out next week.''
00:42:32 ...little baby Joyce.
00:43:53 hopes as high as Blackpool Tower
00:57:11 makes for a cityscape which is anything but Elysian.
00:59:33 Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.
01:02:47 But, what of that?
01:04:56 And Philomel becometh dumb
10:00:00 sewn onto her wedding dress
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed476
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:02:12
Final line10:00:00
Production Record
DirectorTerence Davies
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,316