British film director Terence Davies dies at 77: NPR

Director Terence Davis deep blue seaposes for a portrait at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, September 2011.

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Director Terence Davis deep blue seaposes for a portrait at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, September 2011.

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British screenwriter and film director Terence Davies died on Saturday at the age of 77.

According to the acclaimed filmmaker’s official Instagram account, he passed away peacefully at home after a short illness.

Davis was best known for autobiographical films such as: distant voice, still life and the end of a long day As well as his adaptation of Edith Wharton, house of joy, Starring Gillian Anderson.

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In a 2016 NPR article about the release of his film, sunset song, the filmmaker said that life got better after that. However, he still struggled to reconcile his religious upbringing with his homosexuality.

“It’s very difficult to forgive things in the past that have hurt you,” he said. “And ultimately you have to be able to forgive, otherwise you will always be stuck in the past.”

Davis’ films have received critical acclaim throughout his more than 40-year career. In a British film magazine in 2002. vision and hearing Listed his breakout 1988 autobiographical novel. distant voice, still life It’s in the top 10 movies made in the last 25 years. French film director Jean-Luc Godard was also a fan.

However, as a filmmaker working outside the mainstream Hollywood system, Davis struggled to get his films produced.

“This industry is about making money, and it’s about stars,” Davis told NPR’s Scott Simon in 2022 when his film was released. benediction It came out. “How can you compete with a $40 million movie?”