we re not here to discuss i humanity, that is religion s sphere of operations. and what of morality? i think it s such a good performance. so the film looks at his life, in wartime, after the war in which he surrounded by others and later on his marriage. in later years he s played by peter capaldi. and by the time he s played by peter capoldi he s basically become very, very embittered and you know, feelings of failure and desolation. and what s interesting about the film is, i think that terrence davies has found in the life of siegfried sassoon a number of elements that chime with his own preconceptions. there is a story about a character who is conflicted about his sexuality, and that is something in which terrence davies has addressed indirectly in his films before. there s the issue of religion. siegfried converted to catholicism later in life and terrence davies kind of famously turned his back on the church after feeling abandoned by it. and so what you have is an art
who is conflicted about his sexuality and that is something in which terrence davis has addressed indirectly in his films before. there s the issue of religion. siegfried converted to catholicism later in life and terrence davies kind of famously. turned his back on the church after feeling abandoned by it. and so what you have is an artist, a poet of the cinema making a film about a poet whose life encompasses and social changes but at the centre of it it is a really kind of heartbreaking story about somebody who can t be who they are, isn t sure who they are, isn t certain that the art they are making is actually as good as it ought to be and seems to be trapped in a situation when they want to change the world, they want to change themselves and they are constantly thwarted. it s like a collage, it flips backwards and forwards in time and we get different actors playing the same characters. as always with terrence davies movies, is beautiful to look at, he is a real poet o
of our great treasures. he makes films like four or five years, he doesn t churn them out. but every time he does, they are worth stopping and watching. if you are a terrence davies fan you go, 0k, fine, great it s a terrence davies film. if you re not, i think this is a very good way in because it s accessible. people know the story of siegfried sassoon to some extent. they know the story, they know the parameters. this is a way of looking at that story. it is emotionally exhausting. it s not a bunch of laughs, although there are laughs in it, strangely enough. but i just thought it was. yeah, this is what film poetry looks like, and let s have more of this, please. okay. right. let s talk about emergency. so, as i said, tag line, it s not what it looks like. what it looks like is a frat boy comedy. so two best friends who are set to become the first black members of their college to complete an epic which is seven parties in one night, which is my idea of hell, frankly. they have
movies, is beautiful to look at, he is a real poet of cinema. but the best thing about it is, it s a personalfilm, you can feel the film maker talking to you through the film. i think that terrence davies is one of our great treasures. he makes films like four or five years, he doesn t churn them out. but every time he does, they are worth stopping and watching. if you are a terrence davies fan you go, 0k, fine, great it s a terrence davies film. if you re not, i think this is a very good way in because it s accessible. people know the story of siegfried sassoon to some extent. they know the story, they know the parameters. this is a way of looking at that story. it is emotionally exhausting. it s not a bunch of laughs although there are laughs in it, strangely enough. but i just thought it was.