Description: Blue by Derek Jarman, Michael Charlesworth "For Blue there are no boundaries or solutions." —Derek JarmanOriginally released as a feature film in 1993, the year before the acclaimed artist and filmmaker Derek Jarmans death due to an AIDS-related illness, Blue is a daring and powerful work of art. The film - and this highly-anticipated books text - serve as iconoclastic responses to the lack of political engagement with the AIDS crisis. Written poetically and surrealistically, Jarmans text moves through myriad scenes, some banal, others fantastical. Stories of quotidian life--getting coffee, reading the newspaper, and walking down the sidewalk--escalate to visions of Marco Polo, the Taj Mahal, or blue fighting yellow. Facing death and a cascade of pills, Jarman presents his illness in delirium and metaphors. He contemplates the physicality of emotions in lyrical prose as he grounds this story in the constant return to Blue - a color, a feeling, a funk. Michael Charlesworths compelling introduction brings Blue into conversation with Jarmans visual paintings as never before. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Derek Jarman (1942-1994) was an English artist, filmmaker, stage designer, diarist, author, and gardener. After attending Kings College London and the Slade School of Art, he began a career as a painter. He also became a set designer, working on such productions as The Royal Ballets Jazz Calendar (1968) and The English National Operas production of Don Giovanni (1968), as well as a number of films. In the early 1970s, Jarman began a series of filmworks made with Super 8, followed by his first full-length feature film, Sebastiane, in 1975. He went on to make ten more feature films, among them the famous experimental biographies, Caravaggio (1986) and The Garden (1990). His final feature, Blue, was first shown at the Biennale Arte, Venice, in June 1993, seven months before his death. Review "This screenplay carves the artists own use of blue into the canon, an endless performance that one can step into at any moment"-- "The Brooklyn Rail" Promotional Derek Jarmans Blue weaves a sensory tapestry that serves as both a political call to action and a meditation on illness, dying, and love. Details ISBN1644230887 Author Michael Charlesworth Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1644230887 ISBN-13 9781644230886 Format Paperback Series Ekphrasis Publisher David Zwirner Imprint David Zwirner Place of Publication NY Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2023-04-06 NZ Release Date 2023-04-06 US Release Date 2023-04-06 UK Release Date 2023-04-06 Pages 64 DEWEY 791.4372 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-06-23 Illustrations 4 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141540088;
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