SUNSET SONG and BENEDICTION —- “Poetic realism by Britain’s greatest living auteur,” according to the DVD notes about British director Terence Davies. In Davies films characters exist out of the mainstream order living lives of quiet desperation.
Outstanding in the Davies collection are “Benediction” and “A Quiet Passion” with the former about poet Siegfried Sassoon which was shown this month at St. Anthony Main. In “A Quiet Passion” Cynthia Nixon is outstanding as poet Emily Dickinson. World War One is a defining moment for characters in both “Benediction” and “Sunset Song.”
Davies films are understated with minimal music scores while the landscapes create poetic moments. More about Davies in this attached interview:
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/benediction-interview-terence-davies
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