Intense, dreamlike, and poetic, The Angelic Conversation is one of the most artistic of Derek Jarman’s films. With his painter’s eye, Jarman conjured, in a beautiful palette of light, colour and texture, an evocative and radical visualisation of Shakespeare’s love poems.

Of the 154 sonnets written by Shakespeare, most were written to an unnamed young man, commonly referred to as the Fair Youth. Here, Judi Dench’s emotive readings of 14 sonnets are coupled with ethereal sequences; figures on seashores, by streams and in colourful gardens. The disruption of these magical scenes with images of barren and threatening landscapes echoes perfectly the celebration and torment of love explored in the sonnets.

Shot on Super-8 before being transferred to 35mm film, the unique technical approach results in a striking aesthetic, with Coil’s languorous soundtrack completing the intoxicating effect.

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A movie with no spoken dialogue, it is set against the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” which includes poetry by World War I soldier Wilfred Owen reflecting the horrors of war. There is no linear story or dialo…

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A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

	
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A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), 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.

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A collection of Super 8 films shot by Derek Jarman between 1972 and 1975, edited to the music of Throbbing Gristle.

Derek Jarman used some of his 70s home movie footage to produce this wonderful piece of exploitational avantgarde cinema. Actually the original material has been slowed down to a speed of 3-6 frames, then Jarman added colour effects and the pulsating, menacing score by Industrial supergroup Throbbing Gristle

The result is a piece of art not to dissimilar to Jarman´s painting work in using found footage as elements of memory and mind that resemble ideas reflected in the Cabala and in C.G. Jung`s writings about an archetypical past that is hidden in everyone of us.

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Produced for the 1984 London Film Festival, Derek Jarman’s Imagining October is a dreamlike meditation on art and politics in the final years of the Cold War. In this film Jarman explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928.

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A powerful experience which delves into territories of madness and transcendence, The Garden is a statement about director Derek Jarman’s anger over the AIDS crisis. Produced by James Mackay (Blue, The Kingdom of Shadows), it is an intellectual, thought-provoking, and visually imagination experience that fans of the filmmaker won’t want to miss. A must-see gem.

A nearly-wordless production without a clear and concise storyline, The Garden is a beautiful visual extravaganza which has underlining themes of great importance. The film explores the idea of good and evil with interpretations of Christ (Roger Cook) and the devil (Pete Lee-Wilson). The film also frequently interjects the Madonna (Tilda Swinton) as a passenger taking flight on the filmmaker’s odyssey. Along the journey, a variety of other characters are interwoven into the fabric of the DNA.

On the surface level, The Garden is a surrealist (and experimental) showcase for Jarman’s talents as a director. As one delves deeper into the labyrinth of the filmmaking, it becomes apparent that the film is largely about exploring Derek Jarman’s frustration with gay prosecution and the harsh realities faced by homosexual men. With many scenes showing men engaged in sexual encounters (including a scene of men giving baths to one another while kissing), the film seems primarily aimed at LGBTQ viewers (but could still be seen and enjoyed by anyone with an open mind).

As there is no concise narrative, Jarman bounces from one concept to another with a jubilant sense of enthusiasm. In addition to the focus on the AIDS crisis, there is a fantastic musical scene (with”Think Pink” as a sort of catchy retro-theme) and essay-like scenes about other societal issues (such as credit card debt: “All of your dreams will come true!”) The film is haunting and nightmarish but it has an undeniably powerful grip that can’t be easily dismissed.

The film has a number of impressive production elements: there is the production design by Derek Brown (Young Soul Rebels) and Christopher Hobbs (Velvet Goldmine) to make the journey more compelling, hypnotic, and disturbing (all at once). Then there’s the costumes designed by Annie Symons (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Saving Grace) to showcase the wide range of ideas explored. The score composed by Simon Fisher-Turner (Claire Dolan, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead) similarly heightens the filmmaking and its fantastical ambitions.
The Garden was filmed using a 8mm camera and as a result it has a decidedly different visual aesthetic than a standard 35mm production displays (or the digital photography of today). The cinematography by Christopher Hughes (The Last of England, Aria) is outstanding with a creative use of color in each scene. There is something remarkable about what is achieved with this production. Truly a outstanding cinematographic experience.

Derek Jarman (Blue, Edward II) is an ambitious filmmaker with a distinctive vision. The film certainly showcases the auteur at his best. Given that the film is largely wordless and has a script that bounces around with the fervor of an extended music-video, it’s surprising that the final result is so effective. Things could have easily gone wrong with a less talented director at the helm. Yet Jarman is a huge talent that is capable of making the journey one that audiences will find worth taking. The film builds to a crescendo while leaving one flabbergasted by what transpires. This is not an easy film to stomach. At the same time, The Garden feels like a deeply personal statement from its filmmaker. It’s quite hard to describe. That’s one of the reasons its so fascinating.

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