DVD Reviews

Distant Voices, Still Lives, (1988) UK Director Terence Davies Screenplay Terence Davies Producer Jennifer Howarth, Colin MacCabe Cinematography William Diver, Patrick Duval Editor William Diver Production Design Jocelyn James, Miki Van Zwanenberg Art Direction Miki Van Zwanenberg, Jocelyn James Costume Design Monica Howe Make-up Lesley Rouvray Sound Alex Mackie, Aad Wirtz Camera Operator Harriet Cox Title Designer Richard Morrison With Freda Dowie (Mother), Pete Postlethwaite (Father), Angela Walsh (Eileen), Dean Williams (Tony), Lorraine Ashbourne (Maisie), Sally Davies (Eileen as a child), Nathan Walsh (Tony as a child), Susan Flanagan (Maisie as a child), Michael Starke (Dave), Vincent Maguire (George), Antonia Mallen (Rose), Debi Jones (Micky), Chris Darwin (Red), Marie Jelliman (Jingles), Andrew Schofield (Les) Production Companies British Film Institute, Channel Four Films Runtime 80 minutes DVD UK, 2007 Distributed by BFI Video (region 2, PAL) Aspect Ratio 1.78:1 Sound Mix Dolby Digital 2.0 English Extras English subtitles. Full-feature commentary by Terence Davies. Filmed interviews with Terence Davies, Miki van Zwanenberg. Original trailer. 20-page illustrated booklet including film stills, storyboard frames, essays by Beryl Bainbridge and Adrian Danks, and an original review by Adam Barker for Monthly Film Bulletin. DVD Producer Caroline Millar Technical Production James White Production Manager Marianthi Makra

A Cottage On Dartmoor (1929) UK, black and white, silent with music Director Anthony Asquith Based on the story by Herbert C. Price Producer Bruce H. Woolfe Director of photography Stanley Rodwell, Axel Lindblom Art Direction Ian Campbell-Gray, Arthur Woods with Uno Henning, Norah Baring, Hans Schlettow Runtime 84 minutes DVD UK (2008) Produced and Distributed by BFI (Region 2) Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 OAR Sound Mix Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Extras Correct frame rate of 22fps. New musical accompaniment composed and performed by Stephen Horne. Insight, onset study of Asquith (Lee, UK, 1960, 15m). Rush Hour (Asquith, UK, 1941, 6m). Illustrated booklet with original press photographs and new essays by Geoffrey Macnab and Briony Dixon.