Derek Jarman Movies

  • 1987
    Aria

    Aria

    Aria

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

    Aria
  • 1973
    Sulphur

    Sulphur

    Sulphur

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    Super 8 film by Derek Jarman

    Sulphur
  • 1989
    War Requiem

    War Requiem

    War Requiem

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    During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...

    War Requiem
  • 1974
    My Very Beautiful Movie

    My Very Beautiful Movie

    My Very Beautiful Movie

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    Super 8 short film by Derek Jarman, shot on Fire Island in New York.

    My Very Beautiful Movie
  • 1990
    The Garden

    The Garden

    The Garden

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    A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a...

    The Garden
  • 1979
    The Tempest

    The Tempest

    The Tempest

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    Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping...

    The Tempest
  • 1977
    Jordan's Dance

    Jordan's Dance

    Jordan's Dance

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    This film was shot on Super-8 by Derek Jarman in 1977 and is considered to be the inspiration for Jubilee. Jarman often showed his films silent or...

    Jordan's Dance
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1972
    Savage Messiah

    Savage Messiah

    Savage Messiah

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    In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple...

    Savage Messiah
  • 1986
    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

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    Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
  • 1988
    The Yob

    The Yob

    The Yob

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    An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a football...

    The Yob
  • 1987
    The Last of England

    The Last of England

    The Last of England

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    The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.

    The Last of England
  • 1979
    Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull

    Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull

    Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull

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    12 minute short film for 'Broken English' directed by Derek Jarman, comprised of “Witches Song”, “The Ballad of Lucy Jordan”...

    Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull
  • 1986
    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

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    A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke...

    The Dream Machine
  • 1968
    Jazz Calendar

    Jazz Calendar

    Jazz Calendar

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    A documentary record of the 1968 ballet by Frederick Ashton, performed by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.

    Jazz Calendar
  • 2011
    The British Guide to Showing Off

    The British Guide to Showing Off

    The British Guide to Showing Off

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    Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a...

    The British Guide to Showing Off
  • 1987
    Depuis le Jour

    Depuis le Jour

    Depuis le Jour

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    Derek Jarman's interpretation of the aria 'Depuis le jour' from the final act of Gustave Charpentier's opera Louise (1900) features Aimée...

    Depuis le Jour
  • 1981
    In the Shadow of the Sun

    In the Shadow of the Sun

    In the Shadow of the Sun

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    'The Shadow of the Sun' draws upon Derek Jarman’s interest with alchemical processes as a metaphor for reprocessing Super-8 film. Jarman once...

    In the Shadow of the Sun
  • 1983
    Pirate Tape

    Pirate Tape

    Pirate Tape

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

    Pirate Tape
  • 1988
    Behind Closed Doors

    Behind Closed Doors

    Behind Closed Doors

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    An elegy on the death of the film-maker's mother. Fragments from dreams, nightmares and memories combine with natural sound and landscape in this...

    Behind Closed Doors