The Terence Davies Trilogy (1976-1983)
Film review by Dan Willard. The first three films by Terence Davies, the British director known for The House of Mirth (2000) and Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
Category: Films from the 1980’s
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
French comedy/drama about a crippled man who unwittingly corresponds with his spinster sister who has become his caretaker.
Death Watch (1980)
Film review by Dan Willard. Today, in a society where documenting one’s experiences has become more important than the experience itself, Death Watch provides an accurate mirror of a culture debased by its own vulturous media.
Lady of the Camelias (1981)
Film review by Dan Willard. Supposedly the true story of Marie Duplessis, the French courtesan who inspired the novel LA DAME AUX CAMELIA, which when adapted into a play became the inspiration for Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA and numerous films.
Aszparuh (1981)
Film review by Dan Willard. This 4½ hour epic was released in 1981 to commemorate the 1,300th anniversary of the founding of Bulgaria.
