Good guy! I've only recently discovered Jarman, yet in a few days I've watched four of his films. It's one of these things: for months (years?) you may be looking for something new and fresh and find nothing, then you come across a pocket (of films, poetry, songs, novels etc) that is absolutely beautiful! This particular pocket (together with Love is the devil - portrait of Bacon) I discovered by looking at Tilda Swinton's filmography, and every time some such Oasis is found I can't help but and feel really lucky
I rememner first coming across Derek's work as a young teen with the series of the Smiths videos he made. I remember watching Jubilee as a child and being fascinated by it. I have all his books, all his films with the exception of quite a few of his super 8 and experimental ones. Just been to see a complete retrospecrive at Manchester Art Gallery of his Art, paintings, installations of scenes from Jubilee slowed down. I was blown away. Never seen all, or most of his artwork in one exhibition. Theyre also showing a program his films at Home cinema. If you don't live near, i hope you would make it. It runs until April.. If you want to be exposed to and absorb more of this greatest of Artist's works, get yourself to Manchester?? ❤️
I know what you mean about discovering a pocket from the past and feeling alive because it plugs you in. I’ve experienced this a few times, including discovering Peter O’Toole, Echo and the Bunnymen, Mike Leigh, and Dirk Bogard.
Hello. He says that our thinking of liberation, how we perceive IT now, is narrowminded when you consider IT to thinking in baroque or ancient greece. According to the painting of a prostitute as Mary Magdalen. An artist showed the truth. IT scandalised but he could do IT in the past. Our times are narrowed and restricted. As we perceive islamic way of thinking
I'll paraphrase, getting as close as I can to his actual words. Starting at the 2:55 mark, after talking about Caravaggio's using a prostitute as the model in a painting of Mary Magdalene, he says: "Perhaps our age in many ways more narrow-minded than his. If you stepped out of our country into another culture you might find that we were as mad as the Ayatollah seems to us in Iran." Jarman is referring to Ayatollah Khomeini, who was leader of Iran when 52 Americans were taken hostage at the American embassy in Iran in October, 1979. They were not released until the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as US President in January, 1981. Tensions between Iran and the US were dangerously high in the 1980s, when this interview took place.
Good guy! I've only recently discovered Jarman, yet in a few days I've watched four of his films. It's one of these things: for months (years?) you may be looking for something new and fresh and find nothing, then you come across a pocket (of films, poetry, songs, novels etc) that is absolutely beautiful! This particular pocket (together with Love is the devil - portrait of Bacon) I discovered by looking at Tilda Swinton's filmography, and every time some such Oasis is found I can't help but and feel really lucky
See also Hegel on Public International Law. And in general.
I rememner first coming across Derek's work as a young teen with the series of the Smiths videos he made. I remember watching Jubilee as a child and being fascinated by it. I have all his books, all his films with the exception of quite a few of his super 8 and experimental ones. Just been to see a complete retrospecrive at Manchester Art Gallery of his Art, paintings, installations of scenes from Jubilee slowed down. I was blown away. Never seen all, or most of his artwork in one exhibition. Theyre also showing a program his films at Home cinema. If you don't live near, i hope you would make it. It runs until April.. If you want to be exposed to and absorb more of this greatest of Artist's works, get yourself to Manchester?? ❤️
By the way Tilda is great in John Mayburys Love is the devil as Muriel Belcher jacobi too is brilliant
I know what you mean about discovering a pocket from the past and feeling alive because it plugs you in. I’ve experienced this a few times, including discovering Peter O’Toole, Echo and the Bunnymen, Mike Leigh, and Dirk Bogard.
Caravaggio from Derek Jarman and Satyricon from Fellini...Both top movies of my life
Where to see Caravaggio?
Thank you.
He is absolutely right that our current modern culture is narrow minded, and indeed, completely MAD!
Also dumbed down and immature
Oh yes!
Very narrow minded.
Thank you for this. I love Jarman and Caravaggio.
I love Caravaggio!!!!!
What is the date of this interview?
It seems it was conducted in 1987.
When was this interview conducted?
More likely in 1987, when The Last of England was released.
can anyone discern what he says at about 3:10?
Hello. He says that our thinking of liberation, how we perceive IT now, is narrowminded when you consider IT to thinking in baroque or ancient greece. According to the painting of a prostitute as Mary Magdalen. An artist showed the truth. IT scandalised but he could do IT in the past. Our times are narrowed and restricted. As we perceive islamic way of thinking
I'll paraphrase, getting as close as I can to his actual words. Starting at the 2:55 mark, after talking about Caravaggio's using a prostitute as the model in a painting of Mary Magdalene, he says: "Perhaps our age in many ways more narrow-minded than his. If you stepped out of our country into another culture you might find that we were as mad as the Ayatollah seems to us in Iran." Jarman is referring to Ayatollah Khomeini, who was leader of Iran when 52 Americans were taken hostage at the American embassy in Iran in October, 1979. They were not released until the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as US President in January, 1981. Tensions between Iran and the US were dangerously high in the 1980s, when this interview took place.
"As mad as the Ayatollah seems to us"
@@b00i00d wait, is the ayotollah or their view mad? as time goes on, i'm not sure it is
2,543 views. Incoincident.
Algo habrán hecho los estadounidenses en el cine, todo no es comercial y Hollywood es un lugar único en el mundo para la comunidad artística.
Possiby, a tad condesending but hes genuine. Watching the ameeicams be interviewed makes.me. suirm, so.false amd fake. Ugh
1001 views! Coincidence!
Derek who?
Jarman. It's in the title
@@Pyro-Moloch Sorry, I was being sarky
splinterbyrd well dont
He seems too high toned and condescending
He is just being himself sorry that intimidates you.
Not at all, he just knew who he was and was honest enough to say the truth out loud.