‘One of the most original and masterly
films ever made in Britain’ The Sunday Times
Starring:Heathcote Williams, Karl Johnson,
Toyah Willcox, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick,
Elisabeth Welch, Jack Birkett
Hailed as one of the most successful adaptations of Shakespeare, Derek Jarman’s The Tempest is also, unsurprisingly, one of the most unconventional. Though keeping the essence of the text, the film’s greatness lies in Jarman’s skill at creating a visually stunning, erotically charged world of haunting imagery.
Flamboyant, highly atmospheric and full of Jarman’s punk era attitude, the famous finalé, in which Elisabeth Welch sings ‘Stormy Weather’ surrounded by sailors, is one of the most memorable, and campest moments in British cinema history.
Special features:
• Commentary with Toyah Willcox,
Peter Middleton (cinematographer)
• Extract from ‘There We Are John’ –
An interview with Derek Jarman
• Short silent films – ‘Art of Mirrors’ and
‘Garden of Luxor’
TITLE (DIRECTOR)
QUERELLE (Fassbinder, Rainer Werner)
QUEST FOR FIRE (Annaud, Jean-Jaques)
RAVEN, THE (Ophuls, Max)
RECKLESS MOMENT, THE (Ophuls, Max)
RENDEZ-VOUS (Techine, Andre)
RIDICULE (Leconte, Patrice)
RIEN NE VA PLUS (Chabrol, Claude)
RONDE, LA (Ophuls, Max)
RUTLES 30th ANNIVERSARY, THE
(Weis, Garry/Idle, Eric)
SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA, THE (Hung, Tran Anh)
SEBASTIANE (Jarman, Derek)
SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY (Franco, Jess)
STORMY WEATHER (Stone, Andrew L.)
SUMMERTIME (Lean, David)
TAKESHI KITANO COLLECTION, THE (Kitano, Takeshi)
TANGO (Leconte, Patrice)
TEMPEST, THE (Jarman, Derek)
TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (Hooper, Tobe)
TOTO THE HERO (Van Dormael, Jaco)
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (Sturges, Preston)
VALSEUSES, LES (Blier, Bertrand)
VAMPYROS LESBOS (Franco, Jess)
WAR REQUIEM (Jarman, Derek)
WEDDING, A (Altman, Robert)
