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Blue Black Permanent: Directed by Margaret Tait. With Celia Imrie, Jack Shepherd, Gerda Stevenson, James Fleet. Barbara Thorburn wiles away the hours with memories of Greta, her mother, the poet.
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- Drama
- Margaret Tait
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A first feature from veteran avant-garde film-maker Tait, a septuagenarian Orcadian. A work of extraordinary emotion, the film takes the form of a remembrance,
Tait’s debut feature is a haunting and magical film about a daughter’s attempts to come to terms with her mother’s mysterious death, not only through examining her own childhood memories but also going back further in time, to tales of her mother’s own childhood.
A generational portrait of daughters, Blue Black Permanent is built on the same careful, attentive framing as Tait’s shorts. The single, static, shot comes in interludes between narrative sequences, often analytically introducing a space through choice objects.
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- Margaret Tait
"Blue Black Permanent" is a poignant and poetic film that tells the story of three generations of women in a remote Scottish island community. The film explores the complexities of their relationships, as they navigate the challenges of family, identity, and memory.
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Blue Black Permanent | Film | The Guardian. Details: 1992, UK, Cert PG, 86 mins. Direction:Margaret Tait. Summary: Debut feature from veteran documentarist, about a daughter trying to find...
