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New Queer Cinema [3] Partner (s) Philip Macdonald. (1980–1988) Keith Collins. (1987–1994; his death) [4] Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman [2] (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, poet, gardener, and gay rights activist.
Feb 21, 2014 · Fade into blue…. In 2008, the BFI released Derek – a meditative, dream-like reminiscence of Derek Jarman written and presented by Tilda Swinton and directed by Isaac Julien. Although formally conservative (which may seem initially strange considering the aesthetic pursuits of both subject and director) Julien constructed a rather magical ...
The sky is rarely a safe place in his films. Yet there was also a Derek Jarman whose tastes lay with the traditions and conventions of the pastoral—with Gainsborough. He had studied painting at the Slade, and in 1967 his work had been exhibited in the Tate Gallery’s “Young Contemporaries” exhibition.
- Simon Watney
May 25, 2008 · Derek Jarman, indie pioneer, iconoclast and the subject of a new documentary and DVD set, is ripe for reappraisal, years after his death. ... Mr. Jarman died of complications from AIDS in 1994, at ...
Feb 19, 2014 · On this day, 20 years ago, the film-maker, painter, sculptor, gardener, author and queer rights activist Derek Jarman died of HIV. One of Britain's leading post-1945 avant garde artists, he is ...
Sep 14, 2023 · 14 September 2023. Blue (1993), Derek Jarman Basilisk Communications Ltd. Photo Liam Daniel. By Simon McCallum. Features. Derek Jarman was diagnosed HIV -positive in December 1986, shortly before the launch of the UK government’s infamous “Don’t Die of Ignorance” campaign with its crashing tombstones and ominous John Hurt voiceover.
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Feb 19, 2019 · February 19, 2019, marks 25 years since the filmmaker died from an Aids-related illness. February 19, 2019, marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the openly gay, iconic filmmaker Derek Jarman. In 1986, he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and discussed his condition in public. In 1994, he died of an Aids-related illness in London, aged 52, 25 ...
