| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): .flv file, sound, color |
| Summary |
"Derek Jarman's most profound reflection on art, sexuality and identity retells the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. CARAVAGGIO incorporates the painter's precise aesthetic into the movie's own visuals, while touching on all of Jarman's major concerns: history, homosexuality, violence and the relationship between painting and film"-- Kanopy |
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Derek Jarman struggled for seven years to bring his portrait of the 17th century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio to the screen. The result was well worth the wait. It's a freely dramatised portrait which conjures several of the controversial artist's most famous paintings through elaborate and beautifully photographed tableaux vivants, and boasts wonderful performances from Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, and, in her first role, Tilda Swinton. Winner of a Silver Berlin Bear award at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"...visually beautiful, sly and idiosyncratic biographical portrait of the great 17th-century Italian artist is an enduring delight" - Glenn Kenny, **The New York Times*** |
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Title from title frames |
| Credits |
Film editor, George Akers ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Christopher Hobbs ; photography, Gabriel Beristain ; original music composed by Simon Fisher Turner ; writer, Suso Cecchi D'Amico [uncredited] |
| Performer |
Dexter Fletcher, Garry Cooper, Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Davenport, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough |
| Event |
Originally produced by British Film Institute in 1986 |
| Notes |
In English with optional closed captions |
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Silver Berlin Bear, 1986 Berlin International Film Festival |
| Subject |
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 -- Drama
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| SUBJECT |
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 fast |
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Painters -- Italy -- Drama
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Historical drama.
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Independent films.
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Drama.
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Experimental films.
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Motion pictures.
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Queer cinema
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Drama
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Motion Pictures
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plays (performing arts compositions)
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drama (literary genre)
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Painters
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Drama
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Experimental films
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Historical drama
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Independent films
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Motion pictures
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Italy
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Great Britain
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Educational films
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Drama
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Biographical films
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Feature films
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Biographical films.
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Educational films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films biographiques.
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Films éducatifs.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994, film director, screenwriter.
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Ward-Jackson, Nicholas, film producer.
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Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950- film producer.
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Cecchi d'Amico, Suso, screenwriter.
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MacCabe, Colin, film producer.
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Terry, Nigel, actor.
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Bean, Sean, actor.
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Cooper, Garry, 1955- actor.
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Fletcher, Dexter, 1966- actor.
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Leigh, Spencer, 1963- actor.
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Swinton, Tilda, actor.
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Davenport, Nigel, actor.
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Coltrane, Robbie, actor.
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Gough, Michael, 1916-2011, actor.
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Akers, George (Film editor)
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Powell, Sandy, costume designer.
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Hobbs, Christopher, 1945- production designer.
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Beristain, Gabriel, director of photography.
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Turner, Simon Fisher, composer (expression)
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Ward-Jackson, Nicholas.
Caravaggio
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British Film Institute, production company.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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Zeitgeist Films, distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
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