In the Spirit of Derek Jarman
Monday, January 31st, 2005Tilda and Derek Jarman
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.”
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton’s eloquent speech on her mentor.
Derek Jarman
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.
Gif animation
“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.