Derek JarmanThis book gives detailed and original critical readings of all eleven of Derek Jarman's feature-length films, arguing that he occupies a major and influential place in European and world cinema rather than merely being a cult figure. |
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... present in Jubilee : Elizabeth I ( Jenny Runacre ) and John Dee ( Richard O'Brien ) with the corpse of Lounge Lizard ( Wayne County ) , overlooked by the Head of Mausolus . Courtesy of Howard Malin 3 Through a glass darkly in The ...
Rowland Wymer. Series editors ' foreword a The aim of this series is to present in lively , authoritative volumes a guide to those film - makers who have made British cinema a rewarding but still under - researched branch of world cinema ...
... present a “ positive ' image . He preferred the more fluid and mobile term ' queer ' ' Positive images are an illusion , like commercials – they are not the stuff of art ... The great queer artists dealt with negatives , this is why ...
... present ' 26 His historical films were always meticulously researched but always included startling anachronisms such as the frisbee in Sebastiane or the typewriter in Caravaggio which opened up the possibility of a living relationship ...
... present were the world's last night ? ' finds its way into Blue and Edward II ends with Marlowe's ' Come , death , and with thy fingers close my eyes ' . Even when Jarman is being most hyperbolically lyrical about same - sex love , he ...
Contents
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Sebastiane 1976 | 36 |
Plates | 49 |
Jubilee 1978 | 54 |
The Tempest 1979 | 70 |
The Angelic Conversation 1985 | 83 |
Caravaggio 1986 | 92 |
War Requiem 1989 | 122 |
The Garden 1990 | 132 |
Edward II 1991 | 143 |
Wittgenstein 1993 | 158 |
Blue 1993 | 170 |
Filmography | 185 |
Select bibliography | 195 |
Index | 204 |