Derek Jarman

This stylishly bold tribute to the volatile artist stars Nigel Terry as the controversial painter torn between his rugged lover (Sean Bean) and his mistress (Tilda Swinton). Jarman sees the darkly handsome Caravaggio as a passionate man with a liking for "rough trade." An elegant tale centering around both the creative process and the touching homoerotic love story of the two men. (tlavideo.com)

300 A.D. : the Roman Sebastianus is exiled to a remote outpost populated exclusively by men. Weakened by their desires, these men turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. (imdb)

In the year 1578, Queen Elizabeth I asks her court magician, Dr. John Dee, to give her a vision of "the... (imdb)

A film with no dialogs, just follows the lyrics of the Britten's oratorium, that criticize the war's horrors. It shows the story of an englishman soldier and a nurse (his bride) during the World War II. It combines many real scenes of contemporary wars (WWII, Vietnam, Angola, etc.) (imdb)

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language... (imdb)

Short experimental film from Derek Jarman

It stars william s. burroughs and fm einheit and has a mesmerizing and repetitive musical score made by genesis p-orridge as p.t.v., with the almost mantra like "boys, school showers and swimming pools"... (bitsandpieces.uv.ro)

A man is waving a whip in the garden. Some vague images of people emerges, someone is eating, someone is relaxing, someone is smoking. Pyramid and the Sphinx are also appear on the screen. Furthermore there are scenes of ancient wars in a dream. (menggang.com)

A man in a tuxedo crosses the screen holding a mirror that sends reflections of sunlight towards the camera's lens. The mirror then passes into the hands of a woman in an evening gown. She approaches the viewer, as if hypnotizing us. (menggang.com)

Short film from Derek Jarman

Journey to Avebury beautifully reflects Derek Jarman's fascination with ancient history, paganism, and Celtic traditions. (PlanetOut.com)

A sort of music video for the Throbbing Gristles TG Psychic Rally in Heaven, made up of a mix of concert footage and other imagery.

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue. (imdb)

This experimental film by Derek Jarman features the multilayered, hypnotic non-linear effects of Super-8 set to a sound track with the music of Throbbing Gristle and Chris Carter. (All Movie Guide)

Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon. (imdb)

An unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. (imdb)

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones... (imdb)

The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher. (imdb)

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. (imdb)

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria. (imdb)

3 music videos off of The Smiths album The Queen is Dead. (imdb)

Derek Jarman went to Moscow with his super-eight camera and shot places, re-creating the film into his usual artistic and impressive image(s).

Twenty years of super-8mm footage from Jarman's own life and film career compiled together into a 60 minute work with the music of Brian Eno.

Jarman's rare short film, shot on super 8, which he re-edited for use in Jubilee.

Back projections for Pet Shop Boys first world tour - videos directed by Derek Jarman. (KG)

12 minute short film for 'Broken English' directed by Derek Jarman, comprised of "Witches Song", "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" and "Broken English". Part of the "The Dream Machine" vignette (1983). (themoviedb.org)

Twenty years after the death of Derek Jarman, a heretofore unknown Jarman film comes to light. Found by friend Ron Peck, Jarman shot inside Benjy's, a now closed gay nightclub in east London. The film is shown in it's 78 minute unedited glory, meant to be experimental footage to assist friend Peck for the future filming of Peck's Empire State (1987), and set to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, among others. (imdb)

A music video for The Smiths Ask.