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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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Rated: 3.1 stars out of 5 from 8 ratings

Available Media

Film Details

Actors:

Directors:

Derek Jarman

Writers:

Genres:

Historical Dramas

Audio / Language:

English

Subtitles:

English Hard of Hearing

Countries:

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