http://www.filmjourney.org/2008/08/26/of-time-and-the-city/ world cinema in Los Angeles and beyond Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:53:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.filmjourney.org/2008/08/26/of-time-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-138 futurestar Wed, 20 May 2009 23:02:05 +0000 http://filmjourney.weblogger.com/?p=716#comment-138 Davies has laid bare the rotted fruit of the industrial revolution and missteps of modern man on a mission with blinders. One may never see a city so lovely, so romantically enveloped from a boyhood naivety to an old man cynicism. Liverpool was the working man's "Rule Britannia" port-o-call. The world began and ended with the soot filled skies, industrial waterfront, and battle cries of good natured regional footballers. The hardships of coming home to that place you couldn't wait to escape, but then realize you've always wanted to be nowhere but here. A love letter to the heart. A poetic bullet from a forgotten past to some obscure, impotent future, this film is a marvel. Davies has laid bare the rotted fruit of the industrial revolution and missteps of modern man on a mission with blinders. One may never see a city so lovely, so romantically enveloped from a boyhood naivety to an old man cynicism. Liverpool was the working man’s “Rule Britannia” port-o-call. The world began and ended with the soot filled skies, industrial waterfront, and battle cries of good natured regional footballers. The hardships of coming home to that place you couldn’t wait to escape, but then realize you’ve always wanted to be nowhere but here. A love letter to the heart.
A poetic bullet from a forgotten past to some
obscure, impotent future, this film is a marvel.

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