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EPISODE 9: BENEDICTION - Interview With Film Programmer & Critic Alex Davidson
For this episode we will talk with film programmer and critic Alex Davidson about British director Terence Davies latest film, Benediction.
This is Davies second filmic ode to a poet, following 2016 A Quiet Passion about Emily Dickinson. Davies's beautiful interpretation of Siegfried Sassoon uncovers a colourful if melancholic life tinged with unhappiness. We discuss in depth Sassoon’s sexuality, his gay relationships, his subsequent marriage to a woman and conversion to Catholicism.
Further looking at the director's past work, putting into context his own public struggles with his sexuality.
LINKS: https://tinyurl.com/mv3kmnxz
Music: Avant Garde by @tinymusic_aka_florianseraul
Follow us on T: @LTCompanion/ I: @ltcompanion / F: @LongtimeCompanion
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For this episode we will talk with film programmer and critic Alex Davidson about British director Terence Davies latest film, Benediction.
This is Davies second filmic ode to a poet, following 2016 A Quiet Passion about Emily Dickinson. Davies's beautiful interpretation of Siegfried Sassoon uncovers a colourful if melancholic life tinged with unhappiness. We discuss in depth Sassoon’s sexuality, his gay relationships, his subsequent marriage to a woman and conversion to Catholicism.
Further looking at the director's past work, putting into context his own public struggles with his sexuality.
LINKS: https://tinyurl.com/mv3kmnxz
Music: Avant Garde by @tinymusic_aka_florianseraul
Follow us on T: @LTCompanion/ I: @ltcompanion / F: @LongtimeCompanion