tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6843030.post546723869279312024..comments2008-05-05T15:52:34.066+12:00Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192508192861520882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6843030.post-48115824411053867132008-05-05T15:52:00.000+12:002008-05-05T15:52:00.000+12:00There is less singing in Davies' other film "The Long Day Closes," but I think you wouldn't like it for its same downbeat style. Also, I don't think Davies went for the linear narrative until he got to Hollywood. (As an aside, I don't think the Front Lawn ever made a film that didn't loop back on itself). <BR/><BR/>Maybe there wasn't much to be glad about in Liverpool in the 1950s?<BR/><BR/>Still, the long opening track shot of a wet street of dreary English rowhouses at night set to Nat King Cole's version of "Stardust" still slays me. Maybe I'm a sucker for cheap irony. :)owens valley tomatoheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06351872586163118813noreply@blogger.com