The Last of England (1987)

Directed by

Derek Jarman

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an experimental film that shows director Derek Jarman's feelings about the loss of traditional English culture in the 1980s. It uses poetic images to express his anger about Margaret Thatcher's government and the introduction of Section 28.

dreamlikebleakpoeticangryfragmentedexperimentalmelancholicvisually lush

What happens

The Last of England is a 1987 British arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton. It is a poetic depiction of what Jarman felt was the loss of traditional English culture in the 1980s and his anger about Thatcher's England, including the formation of Section 28 of the Local Government Act. It is named after The Last of England, a painting by Ford Madox Brown. Jarman wrote a book, with the same title, to accompany the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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