Compilation/Packaged Set: Blue/Glitterbug
Barcode 5021866082330
Purchase Date July 2017
Purchase Price $39.00
Store Amazon Marketplace (DeeVeeDee LLC)
Condition New
This dvd contains Derek Jarman's last films before his death. By the time of Blue (1993), Jarman was losing his sight and dying of AIDS-related complications. Blue consists of a single shot of saturated blue color filling the screen, as background to a soundtrack composed by Simon Fisher Turner, and featuring original music by Coil and other artists, in which Jarman describes his life and vision. When it was shown on British television, Channel 4 carried the image whilst the soundtrack was broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 3. His final testament as a film-maker was the film Glitterbug made for the Arena slot on BBC Two, and broadcast shortly after Jarman's death.
  1. Blue
  2. Glitterbug

Derek Jarman: A Biography, Tony Peake, Author, Overlook Press



Blue
Buena Vista (1993)
Experimental/Avant-Garde/Art House, Music, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#1055
9*
Seen ItYes
(7/19/2017 Home)
IMDB   7.4
79 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 2
John Quentin voice
Nigel Terry voice
Derek Jarman voice
Tilda Swinton voice
John Quentin Narrator
Nigel Terry Narrator
Derek Jarman Himself/Narrator
Tilda Swinton Narrator
Director/Choreographer
Derek Jarman
Producer David Lewis
Takashi Asai
Writer/Composer Derek Jarman
Music Simon Fisher-Turner
Momus

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
Edition Details
Distributor Curzon Artificial Eye
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Notes
One of my favorite films in my collection· More to come …