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Blue
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R,1hr 15min
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December 3, 1993
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Zeitgeist Films
Synopsis: A year before director Derek Jarman succumbed fully to AIDS, he made his last film. In Blue, the color blue is all there is to see as Jarman tries to bring the audience into his vision-impaired world. Jarman offers his insights on life, love, disease, the meaning of art, and the symbology of the color blue over a blue screen. Actors, including Tilda Swinton and John Quentin, also read from Jarman's journals and poetry. ~ John Voorhees, All Movie Guide
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Tragic, angry, sad, and ultimately unclassifiable, Blue was radical queer filmmaker Derek Jarman's last project, as the ravages of AIDS carried him off to an agonizing death. His work toward the end of his life is shot through with longing and melancholy: Edward II (1991), also known as Queer Edward II, is loosely based on Christopher Marlowe's play, and uses it, quite appropriately, as a platform ... Full Review
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