Derek Jarman

Blue
7.4

Blue

Aug. 19, 1993

Blue

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek ...
Wittgenstein
6.9

Wittgenstein

Mar. 26, 1993

Wittgenstein

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, ...
Edward II
6.8

Edward II

Sep. 03, 1991

Edward II

A modern-dress adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s Elizabethan tragedy about King Edward II’s homosexual relationship with the ...
War Requiem
6.6

War Requiem

Jan. 06, 1989

War Requiem

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet ...
Aria
5.8

Aria

May. 27, 1987

Aria

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. ...
Caravaggio
6.6

Caravaggio

Aug. 29, 1986

Caravaggio

As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to ...
Pirate Tape
6.3

Pirate Tape

Jan. 01, 1982

Pirate Tape

Derek Jarman’s film portrait of American writer William S. Burroughs was shot in September 1982 during his first visit to England to attend ...
Jubilee
6.1

Jubilee

Feb. 01, 1978

Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth I visits late twentieth-century Britain to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Sebastiane
6.1

Sebastiane

Dec. 17, 1976

Sebastiane

Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes ...