British filmmaker Terence Davies passes away at 77

British filmmaker Terence Davies known for Distant Voices Still Lives The Deep Blue Sea and The Long Day Closes has passed away He was 77 reported VarietyThe news of his demise was shared on his official Instagram page It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Terence Davies who died peacefully at home after a short illness today on 7th October 2023Davies was known for his period films as well as his early autobiographical trilogy about growing up in LiverpoolThough his films received a lot of praise for their sympathetic portrayals of LGBT life Catholicism and other common topics they didnt win a lot of prizes which he thought about in his characteristically philosophical styleIt would have been nice to be acknowledged by Bafta Again theres also part of me that thinks isnt it just vanity If a film lives every time its seen thats the real reward he told the Guardian I think Ive achieved what I set out to doAs per Variety born to a large Catholic family in Liverpool Davies left school at 16 and worked for 10 years as a clerk before attending Coventry Drama School His first short Children was autobiographical and written while he was at school He then attended the National Film School where he made Madonna and Child another autobiographical work about his years as a clerkThe third film in the series Death and Transfiguration was about him musing on the possible circumstances of his death The three films are known as The Terence Davies TrilogyHis first two films Distant Voices Still Lives 1998 and The Long Day Closes 1992 again dealt with themes from his life and received praise while placing well on lists of the best British filmsFor The Neon Bible in 1995 Davies adapted a novel by John Kennedy Toole and it received a Bafta nomination for best British film The House of Mirth was based on Edith Whartons novel and Gillian Anderson was praised for her performance as socialite Lily Bart Unable to complete financing for his fifth feature Sunset Song he produced two radio plays A Walk to the Paradise Garden and an adaptation of Virginia Woolfs The Waves reported VarietyAfter Of Time and the City a documentary that screened outside of competition at Cannes in 2008 and received a lot of praise Davies switched to documentaries The documentary paid homage to his hometown of Liverpool by including several literary musical and cinematic allusionsThe Deep Blue Sea an adaptation of a play by Terence Rattigan won the NY Film Critics Circle award for Rachel Weisz and again drew highly positive reviews In 2015 he was finally able to complete Sunset Song and followed with A Quiet Passion about Emily Dickinson and Benediction about poet Siegfried Sassoon reported VarietyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever