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| Yes, Davies was certainly a very interesting director. I have to admit that when I first saw the Trilogy I absolutely hated it (whilst finding it sufficiently intriguing to watch the whole thing). It was so bloody miserable. He seemed to blame the Catholic Church for his misery, but even when he grew up and threw off his Catholic beliefs he was still bloody miserable. Still, there was something about the Trilogy that kept one glued to the screen. And there were moments of humour - such as during his first confession when it turns out that he's facing the wrong direction and giving his confession to the radiator! I suppose in the end I prefer something like the Bill Douglas Trilogy. But The Long Day Closes (1992) was quite wonderful, of course - everyone should see it - and I would also very much recommend Of Time and the City (2008), if you haven't seen it already. He will no doubt be appropriated by the LGBT crowd, and the BBC will say he was a gay pioneer etc, but one should remember that he always had an ambivalent attitude to his own homosexuality. He didn't "celebrate" it. He once said that being gay had ruined his life. He was an interesting man, and a great film director, and his death is certainly a loss. |