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PublisherReaktion Books, The Limited

ISBN-101861898606

ISBN-139781861898609

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Book TitleDerek Jarman

Number of Pages205 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEntertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMichael Charlesworth

Book SeriesCritical Lives Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5 in

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Dewey Edition22

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Table Of ContentPreface 1. The View from Dungeness 2. Schoolboy and Student 3. Designing for Others, Painting, Super-8 4. The Feature Films of the 1970s 5. Painting, Writing, Pop Promos 6. 8 Millimetre versus 35 Millimetre 7. 1986 and After 8. Filming Plays, Painting Words, Being Ill 9. In the End, the Poet References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements

SynopsisDerek Jarman (1942-1994) is most often remembered as one of Europe's most innovative independent film-makers, whose films called into question and re-ordered the nature of film-making itself. But he was also a painter, writer and poet, gardener, set designer for other people's films, ballet, opera and theatre, and influential campaigner for gay rights and other causes. He was also the author of an extraordinary series of journals that offer invaluable insight not only into the nature of the society in which he lived but also into his own creative process. This new biography of Jarman discusses the entire range of his works and provides a picture of the whole man, from childhood to his untimely death in 1994., Derek Jarman (1942-94) is known as one of Europe's greatest independent film-makers; his films call into question and reconsider the nature of filmmaking itself. But, as Michael Charlesworth shows in this new biography, Jarman was also a painter, writer, gardener, set designer, and an influential campaigner for gay rights and other social causes. Charlesworth discusses the entire diverse range of Jarman's works in order to provide a thorough portrait from childhood to his untimely death. Charlesworth is the first scholar to properly integrate Jarman's paintings and writings with his films, demonstrating the strong connections between his varied areas of artistic practice. He also draws invaluable insights from Jarmon's extraordinary series of journals that offer a look into the nature of the society in which he lived, as well as his own creative process. And through the thoughts and memories of Jarman's friends, Charlesworth reveals how Jarman was an important voice on behalf of many--one who espoused love and friendship, while fearlessly campaigning for the virtues and the value of art in an often hostile and unappreciative political and social atmosphere. Fresh in its conclusions and engaging in style, Derek Jarman is an accessible and thought-provoking analysis of Jarman's phenomenal creativity and a perfect complement to Jarman's works., Derek Jarman (19421994) is most often remembered as one of Europe's most innovative independent film-makers, whose films called into question and re-ordered the nature of film-making itself. But he was also a painter, writer and poet, gardener, set designer for other people's films, ballet, opera and theatre, and influential campaigner for gay rights and other causes. He was also the author of an extraordinary series of journals that offer invaluable insight not only into the nature of the society in which he lived but also into his own creative process. It is remarkable that his art was not confined to one or two of these activities but embraced all of them. This new biography of Jarman discusses the entire range of his works and provides a picture of the whole man, from childhood to his untimely death in 1994. For the first time it properly integrates his paintings and writings with his film, demonstrating the strong connections between his varied areas of artistic production. Author Michael Charlesworth employs and assesses film criticism, art history, garden and nature writing, critical analysis of poetry and the personal opinions of Jarman and his friends. He also shows how Jarman was an invaluable voice for a larger range of people: one who espoused love, friendship and art; one who fearlessly pushed forward intellectual virtues and the value of art in an often hostile and unappreciative political and social atmosphere. Fresh in its conclusions, engaging in style, Derek Jarman is accessible, thought-provoking, radical in its arguments and its tracing of the patterns of Jarman's phenomenal creativity. An invaluable complement to Jarman's works, this book will interest all Jarman fans as well as readers interested in the history of film, the arts and modern British history and culture.

LC Classification NumberN6797