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    In the Shadow of the Sun 1981 POSTER

    In the Shadow of the Sun

    1981

    English

    6.5

    8

    Action

    Fantasy

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Christopher Hobbs Christopher Hobbs as Kevin Whitney Kevin Whitney as Francis Wishart Francis Wishart as Lucy Su Lucy Su as
    'The Shadow of the Sun' draws upon Derek Jarman’s interest with alchemical processes as a metaphor for reprocessing Super-8 film. Jarman once described film’s union of light and matter as “an alchemical conjunction” and experimented throughout his career with creating dream symbolism through the superimposition of image and action. Originally called English Apocalypse, the film’s final title is derived from a 17th Century alchemical text that used the phrase as a synonym for the philosopher’s stone – the highly sought substance that turns base metals into gold and silver. The film was intended as a step toward the idea of an ambient video, that like its musical counterpart, was designed to enhance an environment.
    Edward II 1991 POSTER

    Edward II

    1991

    English

    6.8

    17

    100%

    75%

    14th century

    Action

    based on play or musical

    Drama

    History

    husband wife relationship

    male homosexuality

    medieval england

    palace intrigue

    Romance

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Roger Hammond Roger Hammond as Bishop Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as Isabella Andrew Tiernan Andrew Tiernan as Piers Gaveston Chris McHallem Chris McHallem as Thug
    England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…
    Jubilee 1978 POSTER

    Jubilee

    1978

    English

    5.9

    10

    100%

    58%

    Action

    Comedy

    corrupt police officials

    Crime

    Drama

    Fantasy

    group sex

    History

    Music

    music videos and concerts

    police brutality

    police state

    street gang

    War

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Jack Birkett Jack Birkett as Borgia Ginz Richard O'Brien Richard O'Brien as John Dee Toyah Willcox Toyah Willcox as Mad Karl Johnson Karl Johnson as Sphinx
    Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
    The Garden 1990 POSTER

    The Garden

    1990

    English

    6.3

    10

    100%

    74%

    Action

    Drama

    gay

    gay theme

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff as Dawn Archibald Dawn Archibald as Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as Madonna Jack Birkett Jack Birkett as Pontius
    A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
    War Requiem 1989 POSTER

    War Requiem

    1989

    English

    6.5

    9

    100%

    62%

    Action

    Drama

    gay

    gay interest

    gay subtext

    gay theme

    War

    world war i

    ww1

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Patricia Hayes Patricia Hayes as Mother Sean Bean Sean Bean as The German Soldier Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as The Nurse Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier as The Old Soldier
    During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.
    The Tempest 1979 POSTER

    The Tempest

    1979

    English

    6.3

    7

    60%

    59%

    Action

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Karl Johnson Karl Johnson as Ariel, an airy spirit Jack Birkett Jack Birkett as Caliban, a savage and deformed slave David Meyer David Meyer as Ferdinand, his son Toyah Willcox Toyah Willcox as Miranda, his daughter
    Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
    Arena Glitterbug 1994 POSTER

    Arena Glitterbug

    1994

    English

    6.5

    8

    Action

    Documentary

    gay

    gay interest

    gay theme

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as Herself Toyah Willcox Toyah Willcox as Herself Andrew Logan Andrew Logan as Himself Michael Clark Michael Clark as Himself
    A collage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage spanning over 20 years.
    Wittgenstein 1993 POSTER

    Wittgenstein

    1993

    English

    6.9

    9

    83%

    76%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    Comedy

    Drama

    gay

    gay theme

    lgbt

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Michael Gough Michael Gough as Bertrand Russell Sally Dexter Sally Dexter as Hermine Wittgenstein Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as Lady Ottoline Morrell Karl Johnson Karl Johnson as Ludwig Wittgenstein
    A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.
    Blue 1993 POSTER

    Blue

    1993

    English

    7.3

    5

    aids

    autobiographical

    Biography

    blue

    death

    Drama

    lgbt

    poetry

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Nigel Terry Nigel Terry as Narrator Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as Narrator John Quentin John Quentin as Narrator Derek Jarman Derek Jarman as Self / Narrator
    Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
    The Last of England 1987 POSTER

    The Last of England

    1987

    English

    6.4

    3

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Nigel Terry Nigel Terry as Narrator Spencer Leigh Spencer Leigh as Soldier / Various roles Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as The Maid Jonny Phillips Jonny Phillips as Various roles
    The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
    Caravaggio 1986 POSTER

    Caravaggio

    1986

    English

    6.5

    13

    82%

    68%

    Action

    artist

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    italy

    lgbt

    male homosexuality

    painter

    Romance

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton as Lena Dawn Archibald Dawn Archibald as Pipo Sean Bean Sean Bean as Ranuccio Dexter Fletcher Dexter Fletcher as Young Caravaggio
    A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
    Sebastiane 1976 POSTER

    Sebastiane

    1976

    Latin

    6.2

    19

    86%

    56%

    Action

    ancient rome

    Drama

    execution

    exile

    fight

    History

    Romance

    slow motion

    torture

    Derek Jarman Derek Jarman Director Patricia Quinn Patricia Quinn as Emperor's Guest Peter Hinwood Peter Hinwood as Emperor's Guest Eric Roberts Eric Roberts as Executioner Leonardo Treviglio Leonardo Treviglio as Sebastian
    Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.
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