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War Requiem

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War Requiem
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NR,1hr 32min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 26, 1990
Director:
Derek Jarman
Distributor:
Movie Visions
Starring:
Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier  ...more
Synopsis: The first BBC television film to be given a British theatrical release, Derek Jarman's War Requiem is a cinematic interpretation of composer Benjamin Britten's famed oratorio. Narrated by Lord Laurence Olivier, whose last film this was, War Requiem combines Britten's music with the words of English poet (and World War 1 casualty Wilfred Owen) and Jarman's stark, symbolic images--filmed, appropriately enough, in an old mental hospital. Throughout, the sacrifice of young lives to the horrors of war ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Extraordinarily powerful, War Requiem is a passionate eulogy, an antiwar statement that is also clearly intended to have relevance for those whose lives have been forever touched and changed by the scourge of AIDS. While Benjamin Britten purists may argue -- and justifiably so -- that director Derek Jarman's work sometimes obscures or is at odds with the music, those who are open to what Jarman is ... Full Review
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Nathaniel Parker
Wilfred Owen
Tilda Swinton
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Laurence Olivier
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Patricia Hayes
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