Rent Caravaggio (1986)


Derek Jarmam struggled for seven years to bring his portrait of the seventeenth-century Italian artist Michelangelo de Caravaggio to the screen. The result was well worth the wait, and was greeted with critical acclaim: a freely dramatised portrait of the controversial artist and a powerful mediation on sexuality, criminality and art - a new refreshing take on the usual biopic. The film centres on an imagined love-triangle between Caravaggio, his friend and model Ranuccio, and Ranuccio's low-life partner Lena. Conjuring some of the artist's most famous paintings through elaborate and beautifully photographed tableaux vivants, those works are woven into the fabric of the story, providing a starting point for its characters and narrative episodes.
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BFI Classification:
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Release Date: 29/01/2007
Production Year: 1986
Run Time: 89 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1
Format: Pal
Colour: Colour

Special Features:

  • Specially commissioned interviews with Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry, and production designer Christopher Hobbs
  • Feature commentary by cinematographer Gabriel Beristain
  • Filmed and audio interviews with Derek Jarman
  • Gallery of storyboards, production sketches, and Derek Jarman's notebooks
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