Films of Derek Jarman

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

Derek Jarman's films explore the possibilities and limitations of same-sex love and self-expression during various historical eras, ranging from ancient Egypt to present times. His work covers a millennium of sexual repression and efforts to escape it. Jarman provides us with a cinematic history of people whose homoerotic passions had a major impact on western civilization in religion, art, politics, philosophy, and war.This book provides background information on each of Jarman's fifteen scripts and films. The chapters are "program notes" to his films from a historical perspective. An interpretation of Jarman's intentions, gleaned from the director's writings and works about him, is also provided. This work reveals Jarman's importance as a keen student of the limits of historical knowledge, and delineates the role of history in inspiring change or preserving inertia in the present struggle against homophobia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-11-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:213
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786414307

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Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

William Pencak is a professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the essay collection Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy (2002). He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Recensioner i media

“recommended”—Choice; “an excellent, stimulating book...every nook and cranny is worth exploring”—Film & History.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Akenaten: A Queer Pharaoh? The Garden: The Relevance of a Queer Jesus Sebastiane: Early Christianity and the Roman Empire Edward II: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance Caravaggio and the Italian Renaissance The Angelic Conversation: Queer Dee and Shakespeare? The Tempest: From the Renaissance to the Present Wittgenstein: The Grey Flame and the Early Twentieth Century War Requiem: The Long Shadow of the Great War Jubilee without John Dee? Modern Times The Last of England: Modern Times Revisited Neutron and Sod ’Em: Possible Futures Blue: “Our Time Is the Passing of a Shadow” Afterword: Imagining October Appendix: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jarman’s Predecessor Notes Works Cited Principal Films Discussed Index