Derek (film)
Movie | |
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German title | Derek |
Original title | Derek |
Country of production | Great Britain |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2008 |
length | 76 minutes |
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Director | Isaac Julien |
script | Tilda Swinton |
production | Colin McCabe, Eliza Mellor |
camera | Nina Kellgren |
cut | Adam Finch |
Derek is a documentary film by Isaac Julien on the life and work of British artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman from the year 2008 . The film combines three central components: it begins with the letter “Letter to an Angel” that the actress Tilda Swinton wrote to the director friend eight years after Jarman's death. The focus is on a previously unpublished interview by Colin McCabe with Jarman. The entire film is accompanied by excerpts from Jarman's films and the rest of his work.
Reviews
- “ Derek is like a flash of lightning that once again illuminates the inspiring power of Derek Jarman's person and his work in rough brushstrokes. The film is not a biographical obituary for a deceased artist. On the contrary: with a lot of love, heart and determination, Jarman's ideas and his community-building way of making films are brought back to the present. "(Festival blog)
swell
- ↑ Tai, Andreas: "Derek" by Isaac Julien. February 16, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008 .
Web links
- Derek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Catalog of the Panorama Section of the Berlinale (PDF file; 125 kB)