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Blue

Derek Jarman's Blue

1993

Derek Jarman

John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton

7.1

151

Drama Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Tom Charity Time Out	"Greatly helped by Simon Fisher Turner's soundtrack. Moving beyond words."	POS
United States	The New York Times	"'Blue' is by turns heartbreaking, enraged, boring, pretentious and riveting."	NEU
Canada	Paolo Kagaoan In The Seats	"It’s presumably devastating for a film director to lose his sight, only to see shades of the titular color. So he brings that harrowing experience on screen (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ed Potton The Times	"Derek Jarman’s extraordinary farewell (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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