Tag Archives: Derek Jarman
Jarman’s Jubilee
This year we celebrate the 75th birthday of British filmmaker Derek Jarman. Jarman was born on January 31, 1942. I’m always discovering and then keeping tabs on these timely anniversaries of our countercultural forebears, and I’m happy to highlight this one even if I’m getting to it about 7 months too late. The good news [...]
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Tagged AIDS, cinema, Derek Jarman, film, John Dee, Jubilee, London, movies, occultist, punk rock, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard O'Brien, Rocky Horror
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New Derek Jarman Documentary
From the 1970′s through the 1990′s, Derek Jarman was the at the bleeding edge of experimental film-making in Britain. Two decades after his death, the man behind Caravaggio and The Garden is the subject of a new documentary by Andy Kimpton-Nye. The film features Tilda Swinton, Peter Tatchell and Tariq Ali. Here’s a few words [...]
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Tagged Angelic Conversation, Caravaggio, Derek Jarman, documentary, Edward II, Jubilee, Kickstarter, Peter Tatchell, Sebastiane, Tariq Ali, The Garden, The Gospel According to Saint Derek, The Last of England, The Tempest, Tilda Swinton, War Requiem, Wittgenstein
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