Rent Derek (2008)
3.7 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 16min
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- Synopsis:
"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. - Actors:
- Derek Jarman, David Hockney, Chris Lowe, John Lydon, Ken Russell, Neil Tennant, Margaret Thatcher, Sid Vicious, Isaac Julien, David Dipnall, Oliver Haden, Dominic Power, Jill Cole, Brendan Gallagher, Christian Jones, Kenny Clarke, Tim Burke, Harry Donnison, Bash, Richard Heslop
- Directors:
- Isaac Julien, Bernard Rose, Julian Cole, Alexis Bistikas
- Producers:
- Colin MacCabe, Eliza Mellor, Derek Brown, Tim Perell, Mark Nash
- Voiced By:
- Tilda Swinton
- Narrated By:
- Tilda Swinton
- Writers:
- Tilda Swinton, Julian Cole, Alexis Bistikas
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Documentary, Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Special Interest
- Collections:
- A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Drama Films & TV, Getting to Know: Tilda Swinton
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Reviews (1) of Derek
Moving portrait of an important artist - Derek review by AER
Isaac Julien documentary Derek is a beautiful collage of his old films, an interview (by Colin McCabe directed by Bernard Rose), and rare home movies. It's also a touching letter narrated by Tilda Swinton (who was a long-term collaborator of Jarman's) and serves as proof that the British film industry needs mavericks and talent like Derek Jarman to give us challenging art / films. There's been nobody else like him, and as tastes shift, his work may become forgotten and impenetrable. I've read several of his published diaries so it was great to have the extra context through this documentary.
Derek also works as a gateway to his life and those who still celebrate his work. This was directed and edited by his contemporary Isaac Julien, another great Gay filmmkaer who never seems to make films anymore.
Recommended.
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