BackDerek Jarman
(book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Director > Derek Jarman
- Derek Jarman
- Publishing Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Collection
- British Film Makers
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 224 pages • 24 €
5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-7190-5691-8
978-0-7190-5691-8 - User Ratings
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Book Presentation:
This book gives detailed and original critical readings of all eleven of Derek Jarman's feature-length films, arguing that he occupies a major and influential place in European and world cinema rather than merely being a cult figure.
It places particular emphasis on the importance of Renaissance art and literature for Jarman, and emphasises his interest in Jungian psychology. Wymer shows how Jarman used his films to take his audience with him on an inner journey in search of the self, whilst remaining fully aware of the dangers of such a journey.
Making substantial use of Jarman's unpublished papers as well as all his published works, Wymer argues that the films are orientated towards a much wider audience than is often supposed. They are addressed to anyone, of whatever gender or sexuality, who is prepared to go on a journey in search of him or her self and to become Jarman's accomplice in 'the dream world of the soul'.
See the publisher website: Manchester University Press
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