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

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)

Trailer

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