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


Glitterbug
Basilisk Communications / BBC (1994)
Biography, Documentary, Experimental/Avant-Garde/Art House, Music, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#1069
7*
Seen It:  Yes
(7/20/2017 Home)
IMDB   6.4
60 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1
Tilda Swinton
Judi Dench
Sean Bean
Nigel Terry
Michael Gough
Adam Ant Himself
William S. Burroughs Himself
Michael Clark Himself
Duggie Fields Himself
Derek Jarman Himself
Andrew Logan Himself
Genesis P-Orridge Himself
Tilda Swinton Herself
Toyah Willcox Herself
Director/Choreographer
Derek Jarman
Producer James Mackay
Cinematography Derek Jarman
Music Brian Eno

A collage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage spanning over 20 years.
Edition Details
Distributor Curzon Artificial Eye
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library - Blue/Glitterbug
Owner Deitz
Tags HIV/AIDS
Links ‡ Commentary: Red Orange Radio
Glitterbug at Core for Movies
TheMovieDb.org
IMDB
References
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Notes
Glitterbug is an autobiographical documentary collage that could only have been made by a superb film-maker, artist, and poet· While made near the end of his life, the images appear all to be before Jarman's diagnosis of AIDS· It was shown on television in the UK as a eulogy after Jarman's death· The musical score by Eno is an essential supporting element·
It is a bit embarrassing to admit, being the grouchy gayelder that I am, that I have a visceral crush on Jarman - I'm in love·
My dvd edition pairs Blue and Glitterbug on the same disk· The two should be seen together· While very different - Glitterbug is all visual and no dialog and Blue is all dialog and only the blue backdrop as visual - they share fine music.