In the Spirit of Derek Jarman

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    Derek Jarman

    (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener, and author.

    “Dear Derek, Jubilee is out on DVD. I found a copy in Inverness and watched it last night. It’s as cheeky a bit of inspired old-ham, punk-spunk nonsense as ever grew out of your brain, and that’s saying something; what a buzz it gives me to look at it now. And what a joke: there’s nothing one-eighth as mad, bad and downright spiritualised being made down here these days this side of Beat Takeshi.”

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    Tilda Swinton’s eloquent speech on her mentor.

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    Derek Jarman was born on Jan. 31 1942.

    Nick Clapson reflects on the work of England’s quintessential Renaissance man, Derek Jarman
    From a skipper who knew him, here.

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    “Every great life is made greater by a great life, and Peake has given Derek Jarman the biography he deserves.’ (Simon Edge, Gay Times)

    See two videos from Wittgenstein here.


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