Derek Jarman

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Manchester University Press, 2005 - Performing Arts - 210 pages
This book gives detailed and original critical readings of all eleven of Derek Jarman's feature-length films, arguing that he occupies a major and influential place in European and world cinema rather than merely being a cult figure. It places particular emphasis on the importance of Renaissance art and literature for Jarman, and emphasizes his interest in Jungian psychology. Wymer shows how Jarman used his films to take his audience with him on an inner journey in search of the self, while remaining fully aware of the dangers of such a journey.

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Contents

Caravaggio 1986
92
Where in all of this is Love? The Last of England 1987
110
War Requiem 1989
122
The Garden 1990
132
Edward II 1991
143
Wittgenstein 1993
158
FILMOGRAPHY
185
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
195
INDEX
204
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Rowland Wymer is Head of English, Communication, Film and Drama at Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge