The Garden
Derek Jarman / GB, 1990 / 92 min.
Films you won’t often get to see in the cinema: Derek Jarman’s The Garden is certainly one. Now screening in Eye as a classic, Jarman’s polemic/associative dream film on gay rights, the nuclear threat and the necessity of cultivating your own garden.
When Derek Jarman, director of world-famous titles such as Caravaggio (1986) and The Tempest (1979), heard in 1988 that he was infected with the HIV virus, he didn’t throw in the towel: he carried on filmmaking. He made no less than five more feature films and several video clips (Pet Shop Boys) – The Garden is one of the most personal films in Jarman’s oeuvre.
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Director
Derek Jarman
Production year
1990
Country
GB
Original title
The Garden
Length
92 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
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