A Diary for Timothy
Poetic documentary-style film constructed around the first year of the life of a baby born in the closing stages of WWII, featuring a wonderful narrative written by E.M. Forster.
Nominated by
Amanda Nevill
Director - BFI
Leslie Hardcastle
BFI Governor
I would want future generations to witness how this remarkable British director used moving images brilliantly to record the spirit of Britain at a particular time in history... read more
| Credits | |
|---|---|
| Director | Humphrey Jennings |
| Cast | |
| Country | UK |
| Year | 1946 |
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A Diary for Timothy
I feel this is Humphrey Jennings' masterpiece. This is a view of the world through the eyes of a new-born baby with the war as a constant prescence. His vunerability and innocence is contrasted with the war-weariness and questions over the future, with the hope that the mistakes of the inter-war years will not be repeated. It is both haunting and poiginant with the added highsight of the last sixty-plus years. You are left wondering, esspecially after the greed and arrogance of the last twenty years and the financial meltdown of September 2008, have we let Timothy and his generation down?
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