ANGELIC CONVERSATION [Derek Jarman]

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Director: Derek Jarman

Label: BFI

Genre: Art House

Country: UK

Year: 1985

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.

DVD FEATURES

Fullframe Version

English audio

Specially commissioned interviews with producer James Mackay and production designer Christopher Hobbs

Derek Jarman in conversation with Simon Field (1989, 32 mins) Stills gallery

20-page illustrated booklet including introductory essay by Colin MacCabe, Tilda Swinton's testimonial letter to Derek Jarman and photographs taken during the making of the film

ANGELIC CONVERSATION [Derek Jarman]

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ANGELIC CONVERSATION [Derek Jarman][5764]Stock Status: In Stock

$32.95

ANGELIC CONVERSATION [Derek Jarman]

[5764]

Stock Status: In Stock