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Derek Jarman presents a mixture of six films and home movies, chronicling the decline of modern-day Britain. References to the Royal Wedding and the Falklands War mingle with images of desolate streets in an abstract and personal reaction to the disintegration of our society.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Last of England is like jarman's The garden, The Angelic conversation, Glitterbug and even Blue (in a quircky sort of way), a movie that consists of film- and sound colages. No lineary narrative, no dialogue, just found footages, super 8 visuals and a bizarre collection of music: original score by Simon Turner, and existing pieces like that of Barry Adamson, Andy Gill, a song that is called 'Disco death', and the stunning voice of Diamanda Galas. never has an atmosphere been so utterly depressing and yet ever so arresting and captivating. Jarman is a visual poet, a visionair of it's own, talking through series of disturbing images about opression, alienatiuon and downfall of society as we know it. This is cinema-non-grata at it's best, or: anti-cinema if you will either, because it steps on all written and not-written rules on moviemaking and still succeeds in being art in a true sense. Beware, this movie consists of nothing other than sequences that will haunt you and even mess you up. Especially the final sequence in which a young bride, caught by an unearthly storm, tears up and partly eats up her own wedding dress, driven by an agony for which there is no explanation. But Jarman proves that great cinema can be without explanation.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not for everyone, Derek Jarman's vision of a chaotic and socially fractured post-apocalyptic England reflects the turbulence of the Thatcher era.
Social protest, the anti-poll tax riots, the heavy hand of the police at Orgreave, and the brutal SPG, are all depicted here in an expressionistic
tumult of images which is sometimes hard to follow.
My copy was rather worn, but after cleaning plays OK.
Social protest, the anti-poll tax riots, the heavy hand of the police at Orgreave, and the brutal SPG, are all depicted here in an expressionistic
tumult of images which is sometimes hard to follow.
My copy was rather worn, but after cleaning plays OK.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By R. Myers
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's an amazing film but this isn't a very good presentation. The cover is a colour copy, the DVD graphics have been copied from another print, and the film itself looks like it's been ripped from a VHS tape. Hopefully the BFI will rescue this film at some point, but until then this version will have to do.
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Shattering experience, still only too relevant
I've just watched the DVD for the first time. When I've recovered and the impact has receded a bit I'll watch it again...and again. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. R. Dersley
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Product review, not film
This review is for the product as I cannot watch the film. Because there is no English subtitles, actually none in any language. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2011 by music&cinema
3.0 out of 5 stars
So near...yet so far
The Last of England (which I thought looked good on this DVD - didn't it always have that distressed visual quality in places? Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2010 by Motte and Bailey Films
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The utter summary of Thatcherite Britain
While some chose The Garden as Jarman's seminal work, the depth and quality of The Last Of England cannot be dismissed. Read more
Published on 17 May 2002
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