In Terence Davies’ screen adaptation of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, Davies plunges us into Hester’s memories, nudging us to accept her interpretation of events while providing the necessary evidence to doubt her perspective. This is the sixth and final feature in our Special Issue on Davies’ A Quiet Passion, which you can read in full […]
Special Issue on Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion
To celebrate the release of Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion, his biopic about American poet Emily Dickinson, we are dedicating a full week to essays on the film and its ties to Davies' previous work. Here you'll find all of our articles on the film.
Gillie Collins on Emily Dickinson's subtle rebellion in A Quiet Passion
Alex Heeney interviews Terence Davies A Quiet Passion
Laura Anne Harris on Cynthia Nixon's performance as Emily Dickinson
Brett Pardy on Davies' controlling, lonely patriarchs and Distant Voices, Still Lives
Alex Heeney on Davies' adaptation of Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea as a memory film
A tyrant and control freak: the patriarch in Davies’ Distant Voices, Still Lives prefigures the father figures in his later films
In Terence Davies’ films, fathers tend to control the domestic sphere: the abusive patriarch in Distant Voices, Still Lives, based on Davies’ own father, prefigures those of Davies’ later literary adaptations. Editor’s note: This is the fifth feature in our Special Issue on Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion, which can be read in full here.
‘You do not demonstrate, you reveal’: Cynthia Nixon is exquisite in A Quiet Passion
As Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon reveals her depth of range and skill as a performer — emotionally, physically, and technically. This is the third feature in our Special Issue on A Quiet Passion, which can be read in full here.
‘The costumes have got to look as though they wear them’: Terence Davies talks A Quiet Passion
Writer-director Terence Davies discusses his Emily Dickinson biopic, A Quiet Passion, and how he developed the film’s aesthetic. This is the second feature in our Special Issue on A Quiet Passion, which you can read in full here.
Review: A Quiet Passion charts Emily Dickinson’s subtle rebellion
In A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies’ new biopic, Emily Dickinson, the famously reclusive poet, comes to life as an understated renegade, who deserts gendered orthodoxies to pursue her art. This is the first article in our Special Issue on A Quiet Passion.