What films influenced The Long Day Closes?

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.

Year1992

CountryUnited Kingdom

DirectorTerence Davies

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Terence Davies, discussing his general filmmaking approach and the directors who showed him 'how to film,' explicitly mentioned 'Ordet' (1955) by Carl Theodor Dreyer alongside Bresson's 'Au hasard Balthazar'. This fundamental influence on his cinematic language is evident throughout his body of work, including 'The Long Day Closes'.

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