Year: 1992
Running time: 85 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Terence Davies
Screenwriter: Terence Davies
Cast: Marjorie Yates, Leigh McCormack, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont, Ayse Owens
Music: Bob Last
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Producer: British Film Institute, Film4 Productions
Genre: Drama | 1950s. Childhood
Synopsis: The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old "Bud." A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local movie-house. All the while, his family looms large in our peripheral vision as do the menacing bullies of his school, but Bud is the center of attention both from the camera's angle and from his doting family. With a gray background, the film fuses clips and audio from classic movies into Bud's dreary childhood and brings it to life with an elegance Bach would bring to your home movies. The overall effect is a montage of memory which seems to ignite flashes of recognition in the viewer.
