Description
Book SynopsisThis pathfinding book places Derek Jarman in the tradition of lyric film and offers incisive readings of all eleven of his feature-length films, from Sebastiane to Blue.
Trade ReviewAs a sensitive and intelligent look at Jarman's films, Dillon's book is essential reading, and offers a compelling examination of the life and work of one of hte cinema's most gifted artists, who created a new world for himself and his peers, a world of light, reflection, and desire. * Film Quarterly *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: Derek Jarman and the History of Lyric Film
- Chapter Two: The Mirror and the Sea: Jarman's Poetry and Queer Mirroring
- Chapter Three: Poetry and Interpretation in Three Early Features: Sebastiane, Jubilee, and The Tempest
- Chapter Four: Poetry and the Dislocations of Sound in The Angelic Conversation and War Requiem
- Chapter Five: Caravaggio and the Mirror of Gold
- Chapter Six: Reading Pictures: Emblem and Gesture in The Last of England and The Garden
- Chapter Seven: Into the Last, Narrow Rooms: Edward II, Wittgenstein, and Blue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
