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Title
Blue [videorecording] / Channel 4 in association with Arts Council of Great Britain, OPAL and BBC Radio 3 presents a Basilisk Communications/Uplink production ; written and directed by Derek Jarman.
Format
DVD, Videodisc
Published/Produced
Berlin : Salzgeber ; c2008.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Performer
Voices: John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton.
Credits
Composer, Simon Fisher Turner ; producers, James Mackay & Takashi Asai.
System details
DVD; region 2; Dolby digital 2.0; enhanced for widescreen TVs.
Local Notes
Case includes a booklet written in German.
Summary
A year before director Derek Jarman succumbed fully to AIDS, he made his last film. In Blue, the color blue is all there is to see as Jarman tries to bring the audience into his vision-impaired world. Jarman offers his insights on life, love, disease, the meaning of art, and the symbology of the color blue over a blue screen. Actors, including Tilda Swinton and John Quentin, also read from Jarman's journals and poetry.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. "ART 082 DVD"--Disc surface.
Awards
Michael Powell Award, Edinburgh Film Festival, 1993
Subject headings
Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994.
Kinsey subjects
AIDS. Cinema. AIDS in mass media.
Genre heading
Experimental films. Nonfiction films. Short films.
Other contributors
Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994. Swinton, Tilda. Mackay, James (Producer) Channel Four (Great Britain) Arts Council of Great Britain. BBC Radio 3. Basilisk Communications (Firm) Uplink (Firm) Zeitgeist Films.
Other titles
OPAL.
Standard Identifier
5021866082301

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
X7893086
Location
A-V (Audio-Visual)
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