Blue (1993)
- Directed by
- Derek Jarman
- Genre
- drama film, documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 81 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This experimental film shows a single blue screen for its entire duration. The soundtrack carries spoken reflections by the director and collaborators on life, illness, and vision.
meditativepersonalminimalistpoeticintimatecontemplativemournfulhypnotic
What happens
Blue is a 1993 experimental film directed by Derek Jarman. It is his final feature film, 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 and he was only able to see in shades of blue. The film was his last testament as a film-maker and consists of an unchanging entirely blue screen, to a soundtrack where Jarman's and some of his long-time collaborators' narration describes his life and vision. Critical reception for Blue has been positive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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