Nathan Walsh Movies
- 1988
- PG13
Set in 1940s England, Distant Voices/Still Lives is a compassionate look at a radically dysfunctional family. The son and his mother must endure the casual and overt cruelties of the bull-necked father. The ongoing abuse takes its toll in the form of failed marriages and misguided attempts at seeking security outside the family unit. As was the case with his earlier short subject trilogy (The Children, Madonna and Child, Death and Transfiguration), director Terence Davies based much of the material on his own life, combining rheumy-eyed cynicism with soft-edged nostalgia (the musical track, drawn from popular wartime songs, is particularly evocative). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, (more)
Vancouver, British Columbia-based punk rockers DOA are captured on stage as they deliver blistering live renditions of some of their best-known songs in this compilation release featuring twenty-six live tracks including "Give em the Lumber", "Disco Sucks", "Kill Ya Later". "My Old Man's a Bum", and "Wake up Screaming. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
