Synopses & Reviews
From the early seventies until his death in 1994, Derek Jarman made scores of films. Assembled here are six of his unforgettable film scripts: Akenaten, Jubilee, Bob-Up-A-Down, B Movie: Little England/A Time of Hope, Neutron, and Sod Em, five of which have yet to reach the screen and all of which confirm Jarmans reputation as Britains leading independent filmmaker.
Synopsis
A collection of brilliant, largely unrealized, intensely personal film scripts by Derek Jarman
About the Author
"The clarity with which Derek Jarman offered up his life and the living of it, particularly since the epiphany—I can call it nothing less—of his illness was a genius stroke, not only of provocation, but of grace." —Tilda Swinton"Jarman [is] the sort of troublemaking visionary who one day may be compared with Blake." —John Gill, Time Out"For all his anger, Jarman never seems brutalised. He retains his humanity and his good humour. His is a wonderfully garrulous, mercurial, polymathic daemon." —Literary Review"For some, Jarman was too much of a Renaissance man, aggressively dragging the arts of the painter and poet into his films. These collected scripts, though, show his pure talent; he writes passionately about often bitter things, what he called the ‘pornographic darkness’ of his work. From his features to experimental Super 8 films, Jarman’s theme was always them-and-us, yet behind all the layered symbolism of sexuality and repression, there is compassion and humour." —Tobias Jones, Observer Review
Table of Contents
Introduction by Michael OPray
1. Akenaten
2. Jubilee
3. Bob-Up-A-Down
4. B Movie: Little England/A Time of Hope
5. Neutron
6. Sod Em