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Blue is a British film of genre Drama directed by Derek Jarman released in USA on 3 december 1993 with Nigel Terry

Blue (1993)

Blue
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Released in USA 3 december 1993
Length 1h19
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Documentary,    Musical
Rating72% 3.6423553.6423553.6423553.6423553.642355

Blue is the twelfth and final feature film by director Derek Jarman, released four months before his death from AIDS-related complications. Such complications had already rendered him partially blind at the time of the film's release.

The film was his last testament as a film-maker, and consists of a single shot of saturated blue colour filling the screen, as background to a soundtrack where Jarman's and some of his favourite actors' narration describes his life and vision.

On its premiere, on 19 September 1993, Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3 collaborated on a simultaneous broadcast so viewers could enjoy a stereo soundtrack. Radio 3 subsequently broadcast the soundtrack separately as a radio play and it was later released as a CD.

The film has been released on DVD in Germany and in Italy. On 23 July 2007 British distributor Artificial Eye released DVD tying Blue together with Glitterbug, a collage of Jarman's Super 8 footage.



Cinematographer Christopher Doyle has called Blue one of his favourite films, calling it "one of the most intimate films I've ever seen.

Synopsis

Un écran uniformément bleu. En voix off, des comédiens disent des poèmes et des textes tandis que Derek Jarman lit le journal intime de sa maladie, décrit les traitements contre le sida, cite la presse…

Actors

Nigel Terry

((voice))Derek Jarman

((voice))Tilda Swinton

((voice))
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