Title from container. Titles on disc labels: Derek Jarman's The angelic conversation, Derek Jarman's Caravaggio, Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein, Derek Jarman's Blue. Judi Dench (narrator, The angelic conversation), Nigel Terry (Caravaggio), Karl Johnson (Wittgenstein). Issued in slipcase. Special features include interviews with Jarman, actors, producers, and film crew; behind-the-scenes footage; trailer for Caravaggio; video introduction for Wittgenstein by Ian Christie; The clearing (1994 short film by Alex Bistikas featuring Jarman); Glitterbug (54 min. posthumous collage of Jarman footage, with original music by Brian Eno).
A collection of 4 films by director Derek Jarman, whose "lush, experimental reflections on art, politics, sexuality and identity transcend and subvert ... the period costume drama, the biopic--as well as the boundaries of so-called gay filmmaking"--Container. The angelic conversation: Ethereal super-8 meĢlange of homoerotic love, layered with languorous music by Coil and emotive readings of Shakespeare sonnets by Judi Dench. Caravaggio: The volatile life of the 17th-century painter re-imagined through his brilliant near-blasphemous paintings and flirtations with the Roman underworld. Wittgenstein: "Portrait of the irreverent 20th-century philosopher who preferred detective fiction and Carmen Miranda musicals to Aristotle"--Container. Blue: Over a blue screen, Derek Jarman lays bare his physical and spiritual state in a narration about his life, his struggle with AIDS, and his encroaching sightlessness.
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