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War Requiem (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
War Requiem
7.3 (12 ratings) director: 德里克·贾曼 actor: 内森奈尔·帕克 / 蒂尔达·斯文顿
other title: 战争安魂曲 / 战地挽歌
Derek Jarman根据布里顿《战争安魂曲》所摄的影片。主要人物为《战争安魂曲》歌词的作者欧文,后者为英国诗人,战死于第一次世界大战。德高望重的劳伦斯·奥利弗爵士出演片中的一名老兵。这也是奥利弗爵士的最后一次银幕亮相。

A film with no dialogs, just follows the lyrics of the Britten's oratorium, that criticize the war's horrors. It shows the story of an englishman soldier and a nurse (his bride) during the World War II. It combines many real scenes of contemporary wars (WWII, Vietnam, Angola, etc.)

Summary written by Michel Rudoy {mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx}
In the Shadow of the Sun (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
In the Shadow of the Sun
director: Derek Jarman actor: Karl Bowen / Graham Dowie
other title: 日影之下
'The Shadow of the Sun' draws upon Derek Jarman’s interest with alchemical processes as a metaphor for reprocessing Super-8 film. Jarman once described film’s union of light and matter as “an alchemical conjunction” and experimented throughout his career with creating dream symbolism through the superimposition of image and action. Originally called English Apocalypse, the film’s final title is derived from a 17th Century alchemical text that used the phrase as a synonym for the philosopher’s stone – the highly sought substance that turns base metals into gold and silver. The film was intended as a step toward the idea of an ambient video, that like its musical counterpart, was designed to enhance an environment.