Blue is his monologue on the subject of death and mortality. Derek jarman looks at sebastian and sees what botticelli and perugino, reni and mishima saw, the lambent space between spiritual and. He denies his fellow roman soldiers sexual advances, possibly because hes straight or maybe a masochist denial is its own. A book of color is a meditation on the color spectrum by britains most controversial filmmaker. Sebastiane was shot openmatte in 16mm, but was blown up to 35mm for cinema showings at a wider ratio either 1.
A view of prospect cottage the home and garden of the late artist and film director derek jarman at dungeness on romney marsh. Sebastiane bonus cd, subtitled, mono sound on tcm shop. Sebastiane caused a riot when it premiered at the locarno film festival, and was a surprise hit upon its initial release in the uk. Codirected by he and paul humfress, sebastiane marked the debut for jarman, a filmmaker known for many things. Sqiff interview with marc david jacobs about derek. Poetry on seeing derek jarmans sebastiane when coming. Marc david jacobs introduces derek jarmans first feaature film sebastiane, a sexually explicit controversial queer reworking of the christian myth of saint sebastiane. This screening will be introduced by sean kissane, curator of exhibitions at imma, and curator of derek jarman. Sebastiane is a 1976 latinlanguage british historical film directed by derek jarman and paul. Derek jarmans prospect cottage, dungeness, kent, uk abw8kf from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. For 20 years jarman has been a constantly innovative figure, breaking with the conservatism of every aspect of cinematic practice. Jarman was known at the time as the controversial filmmaker of both the homoerotic sebastiane and the antiroyal jubilee, which more than any film at the time encapsulated the uk punk scene. Sebastiane 1976, his first feature, is a tale of desire and martyrdom set among the personal guard of a roman emperor.
Stephen farthing is a painter and the general editor of art. Stock photo derek jarmans prospect cottage, dungeness. Derek jarmans death robs british cinema of its most vital force. Be it his relationship with muse tilda swinton, his audacious and utterly moving use of. A snippet from a very strange film from derek jarman entitled sebastiane saw this film over christmas. Jubilee 1978 uk derek jarman post punk cult classic 1. Derek jarman collection sebastiane the tempest war. Jarman, whose films include sebastiane, jubilee and caravaggio, died on 19 february 1994, aged 52. It portrays the events of the life of saint sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. Extras include three of jarmans short films and the text of the original press kit for the tempest. Sebastiane is a 1976 latinlanguage british historical film directed by derek jarman and paul humfress and written by jarman, humfress and james whaley. Derek jarman at prospect cottage, dungeness, in 1992, two years before he died. Here is a moment of pop culture history from derek jarmans 1976, latin romp sebastiane.
It focuses on homosexuality and christianity set against a backdrop of prospect cottage, jarmans bleak coastal home of dungeness in kent, and his garden and the nearby landscape surrounding a nuclear power station, a. Like the garden itself, it remains as a fitting memorial to a brilliant and greatly loved artist who, against all odds, made a breathtakingly beautiful garden in the most inhospitable of places. If much of the working methods of sebastiane derived from jarmans experiments with super 8 the cast and crew acting in collective and nonhierarchical fashion the aleatory and private images. Derek jarman blue 1993, blue jewel case, cd discogs.
Gay male eroticism in photography and film from their beginnings to stonewall john greyson is a prizewinning filmmaker whose work includes the features urinal,zero patience, lilies, and uncut, as. It caught my interest because of jarmans association with my then favorite director, ken russell, and i knew of jarman. The garden is a 1990 british arthouse film by director derek jarman produced by james mackay for basilisk communications in association with channel 4, british screen and zdf. Watch derek jarmans daring 12minute promo film for. Idly browsing through the pages of the soft core magazine cinema blue, one summers afternoon in the late 1970s, i was struck by a photospread on a what seemed to be a togaandorgy film called sebastiane. Derek jarmans sebastiane caused a riot when it premiered at the locarno film festival, and was a surprise hit upon its initial release in the uk. His first fulllength feature film sebastiane, a queer telling of the martyrdom of st sebastian, was released in 1976, followed by selected films jubilee 1978, the angelic conversation 1985, caravaggio 1986, the garden 1990, and edward ii 1991. A poetic, passionate and intensely personal exploration of colour written during the final year of derek jarmans life with a new introduction by ali smith.
Even the british director derek jarmans embellishment of saint sebastians mythology in his film sebastiane 1976 with a tale of roman commander severuss love of sebastian turns into a narrative of sebastians obdurate refusal to reciprocate severuss affections. Derek jarmans 1976 film sebastiane is a loose retelling of the story of the martyrdom of st. Made when aids complications had rendered him partially blind, blue is the most experimental of jarmans features a 79minute shot of a blue background, with narrators giving voice to jarmans fearless confrontation of sight loss and imminent mortality. Remastered in hd and available for the first time on bluray, sebastiane is both a milestone in british independent film and a pioneering work of modern lgbt cinema. Available for the first time on dvd and video, sebastiane is both a milestone in british independent film and a pioneering work of modern queer cinema. Download torrent derek jarman fast and easy torrent search. Derek jarmans sebastiane in october 1984 i first saw this film in the basement of an old stone building in what used to be the central market in paris not far from the pompidou centre. In chroma, his most poetic and lyrical book, derek jarman explores the uses of colour. Jarmans sebastiane leonardo treviglio is a queer conundrum.
From the explosions of image and color in edward ii, the last of england, the garden, and wittgenstein, to the somber blacks of his collages and tar paintings, derek jarman has consistently used color in unprecedented ways. Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a roman guards christian beliefs clash with his gay commanders desire for closeness. Derek jarmans sebastiane 1976 is controversial for its homoeroticism. Derek jarmans prospect cottage saved for the nation artlyst. It was the first openly gay feature film in british cinema. A gay film about saint sebastiane, his suffering and martyrdom.
Caravaggio 1986, the product of 17 scripts, countless funding woes and a decade of delays, selfconsciously highlights its recreation of renaissance italy by including a calculator and typewriter amid the candles, daggers. Having been impressed by derek jarmans caravaggio and also being aware of his earlier work as production designer on ken russells the devils, i decided to work my way through jarmans films one by one, starting with this first film, sebastiane 1976. The experimental filmmaker made his first fulllength film in 1976, it was called sebastiane and it was in latin. The audience was predominantly male, the seats were an odd collection of chairs and there was a wonderfully musky smell about the place that only increased as.
England, kent, romney marsh, dungenness, detail of cable wall of derek jarmans beach house with written black text in wood. Geraint lewisrex shutterstock t heres no book i love more than derek jarmans. The campaign aims to save a site that supporters say is an artwork in. Sebastiane 1976 free download rare movies cinema of the. Stripped of rank and exiled to a remote sardinian outpost, roman soldier and suspected christian sebastian leonardo treviglio becomes the object of his commanding officer maximus barney james aggressive desire. Surprisingly it was porn that first brought me to derek jarman. It lists the effects of the virus, recounts the tedium of hospital visits and endless pillpopping, and recalls past lovers, living. Blink and you will miss patricia quinn, nell campbell and peter hinwood from the rocky horror picture show, punk icon jordan in stockings and suspenders as mammea morgana, sprawled between hinwood and the multitalented artist duggie fields.
The film screens at the glasgow film theatre october 2 7. Ed webbingall is a film producer who holds a research position at the chelsea college of art and design, london tilda swinton is an academy awardwinning actress whose film debut in derek jarmans caravaggio marked the beginning of a close association with the director. Thomas waugh is professor of film studies at the mel hoppenheim school of cinema at concordia university. The film is notable for having its dialogue in latin. Gay male eroticism in photography and film from their beginnings to stonewall. The film, which was aimed at a gay audience, was controversial for the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers and for having dialogue. Englands most controversial filmmaker and director, derek jarmans story stretches from his childhood in postwar britain and art school days to the making of acclaimed films, including sebastiane, jubilee, caravaggio, and blue. Filmmaker derek jarmans blue shed is saved for the nation. Derek jarmans caravaggio feature film debut codirecting with paul humfress, sebastiane is a one of a kind time out london historical drama which lays bare the latent homoeroticism that has always lurked beneath the glossy surface of hollywood biblical epics. It will appeal to all those who are themselves practising gardeners, as well as the legions. The martyrs tale is recontextualised from its christian origins into an unapologetic representation of queer male desire and a commentary on the nature of reception. As sebastian turns his back on his fellow soldiers in favor of his own visionary. He was a director and cinematographer, known for caravaggio 1986, edward ii 1991 and wittgenstein 1993. Sebastiane 1976 is a homoerotic retelling of the saga of the martyred saint sebastian, and derek 2008 is a documentary on jarman, who died in 1994.
However, very few filmmakers have the chance to make such a singular mark with a debut, and a subsequent career, quite like director derek jarman. Extras wise, you get jazz calendar 1968, 36 minutes of the royal ballet in rehearsal with the scenery and costumes by jarman that impressed ken russell sufficiently to appoint him production designer on the devils 1971 and set designer on savage messiah 1972 film maker john scarlettdavis remembering how. Poetry on seeing derek jarmans sebastiane when coming of age david hanlon. Having made numerous experimental short works on super 8mm, jarman made his narrative feature debut, codirected with paul humfress, with this controversial, proudly homoerotic, latinlanguage treatment of the life and martyrdom of saint sebastian, a member of emperor. Sebastian, lays bare the latent homoeroticism that has always lurked beneath the glossy surface of hollywood biblical epics. With leonardo treviglio, barney james, neil kennedy, richard warwick. Chroma by derek jarman, 97800994749, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Queer histories and receptions in derek jarmans sebastiane. Title sebastiane release year 1975 running time 85 min language latin categories dramas biography biblical gaylesbian religion theatrical release ratings imdb 6. Derek jarmans garden is the last book jarman ever wrote.
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