Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton

Suffering from AIDS, British filmmaker Derek Jarman lays bare his physical, personal, mental, and spiritual state in a narration over a blue screen whose only images are those produced by your own ret...( read more  read more... )ina: orange squares, flashes, and shadows.

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R, 1 hr. 19 min.

Directed by: Derek Jarman

Release Date: January 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003

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  • October 3, 2008
    boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • April 29, 2008
    just see it for juliette binoche's portrayal of a grieved woman.if u r in grief it will lift u up.
  • January 17, 2008
    A very good movie, but not for everyone as it is mostly a blue screen with various voice overs. The story behind this movie makes it must view material alone.
  • December 11, 2007
    highly reccommendeed....classic tale of the women i have in my life!
  • November 25, 2007
    i cant forget this movie. had a deep impact on me
  • October 7, 2007
    Beautiful to watch and listen over and over again.
  • September 23, 2007
    "What the hell is going on?" is my key question. It was hard enough to understand without visuals, but it was alright (I guess). It's ranting about how it sucks to be blind and gay, and he says blue about three hundred thousand times. Don't watch it. Oh wait, you aren't watching ...( read more)much really anyways.
  • August 15, 2007
    A fascinating experience! Does it work though? hmm! still unsure
  • August 11, 2007
    preferir não se envolver, já é uma forma de se envolver

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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