Derek (film)

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Movie
German title Derek
Original title Derek
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 76 minutes
Rod
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 The focus is on a previously unpublished interview by Colin McCabe with Jarman.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)

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  1. ↑ Tai, Andreas: "Derek" by Isaac Julien. February 16, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008 .

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