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Derek is a glorious, yet fitting remembrance of one of independent film's most important artists, Dered Jarman. It was lovingly crafted by artist filmmaker Isaac Julien, who assembled a moving collage of rare home movies, film clips and interviews, as well as a cinematic love letter from actor Tilda Swinton written a decade after Jarman’s death, The film tells the story of Jarman’s life and chronicles everyday England from the 1960s to the early 1990s. It also includes clips of Jarman’s feature-length and Super-8 films. Swinton’s letter serves as the poetic overlay, telling the truth about the life Jarman led and the cultural abyss left by his absence. Painter, author, gay militant, AIDS activist and, above all, filmmaker, Derek Jarman was one of Britain’s fest-loved and most original artists who touched the lives of everyone he met.

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Available Media

Individual Discs

Derek - Disc 1

Derek - Disc 2: Bonus Material

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Film Details

Actors:

Directors:

Isaac Julien

Genres:

Biographical Documentaries

Audio / Language:

English

Subtitles:

Countries:

BFI Classification:

Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over

Release Date:	30/03/2009
Production Year:	2008
Run Time:	76 minutes
Aspect Ratio:	Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Format:	Pal
Colour:	Colour

Special Features:

Filmed introduction by Producer Colin MacCabe (2008, 5 mins)
The Extended Derek Jarman interview (1991, 69 mins)
New filmed interview with Isaac Julien (2008, 20 mins)
Three Super-8mm short films by Derek Jarman: Pirate Tape (W.S. Burroughs Film) (1982,16 mins); TG: Psychic Rally in Heaven (1981, 8 mins); Sloane Square: A Room of One’s Own (1974-6, 9 mins)
The Attendant (Isaac Julien, 1993, 8 mins)
The Clearing (Alexis Bistikas, 1994, 7 mins)
Ostia (Julian Cole, 1987, 26 mins): short film about Pasolini starring Jarman, with optional director’s commentary
Derek Jarman paintings gallery