Rent Blue (1993)
3.6 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 15min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A courageous personal testimony about his experiences with AIDS, 'Blue' is Derek Jarman's most radical and daring film and was hailed as a masterpiece when it premiered at the Venice Biennale. A blue screen provides the canvas for the visions of the audience, conjured up from the evocative words and music of the remarkably rich soundtrack by Simon Fisher-Turner.
- Directors:
- Derek Jarman
- Producers:
- Takashi Asai, James Mackay
- Voiced By:
- Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Nigel Terry
- Narrated By:
- Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Nigel Terry
- Writers:
- Derek Jarman
- Aka:
- Derek Jarman's Blue
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Documentary, Lesbian & Gay
- Collections:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/02/2019
- Run Time:
- 75 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Dead Cat (1989), Depuis lejour (1987), Books By My Beside: Derek Jarman (1989), The Wanderer (1991), Orange Juice Film (1984), Ostia (1987), Delphinium (2009), Bliss: Live Performance (1991), Face to Face: Derek Jarman (1993),
- 2 x audio commentaries
- 10 x newly recorded interviews
- 8 x archive interviews
- 6 x image galleries
- trailers
- + much more
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Reviews (1) of Blue
Derek Jarman's most personal film - Blue review by AER
If you have read Derek Jarman's diaries Modern Nature and Smiling in Slow Motion, Blue is an even richer experience. In the director's words small memories are read out by himself and a small collection of actors against the backdrop of a never-changing blue screen. Nigel Terry, John Quentin, and Tilda Swinton round out the 'readers'. It's a touching, sad and all-too-human documentary and as such is Jarman's masterpiece. Not for everyone, but if you've heard of it, seek it out.
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