Derek

Derek

Synopsis

Derek is a unique collaboration between Tilda Swinton, the film's narrator, and Isaac Julien, in which the life, vision and legacy of Derek Jarman is fondly remembered and celebrated. The revealing and frank interview at the core of the film is embroidered with a moving collage of home-movie footage, clips from 17 of his films, pop promos, rare footage from the sets of Sebastiane and Jubilee, and current affairs footage from 1960s swinging London through to the Thatcherite nationalism of the 1980s. Painter, author, gay militant, AIDS activist and, above all, filmmaker, Derek Jarman was one of Britain's best-loved and most original artists who touched the lives of everyone he met.

Special Features

- Filmed introduction by Producer Colin MacCabe (2008, 5 mins)
- The Extended Derek Jarman interview (1991, 69 mins)
- Filmed interview with Issac Julien (2008, 20 mins)
- Three Super-8mm short films by Derek Jarman: Pirate Tape (1982, 16 mins); TG: Psychic Rally In Heaven (1981, 8 mins); Sloane Square: A Room Of One's Own (1974-76, 9 mins)
- The Attendant (Isaac Julien, 1993, 8 mins)
- The Clearing (Alexis Bistikas, 1994, 7 mins)
- Ostia (Julian Cole, 1987, 26 mins): short film about Pasolini starring Jarman with optional director's commentary
- Derek Jarman paintings gallery
- Booklet with essays by Isaac Julien and Ruby Rich; Ossian Ward on Jarman's paintings; film notes; reviews and biographies