Jubilee
feature film, 1977
DIRECTED BY: Derek Jarman
CAST:
Donald Dunham,
Nell Campbell,
Jordan
SCRIPT:
Derek Jarman
Synopsis:
This is an unusual perspective of England’s future at the end of the 20th
century. The burden of the film focuses on a weakly connected group of female
outcasts, united in their hatred for all that is conventional, which eventually
leads them into dark violence.
Queen Elizabeth and her court magician Dr. John Dee are travelling through the
England of the future, a post-punk and post-Thatcher ravaged country where
civilisation has come to an end. This film cites William Shakespeare and the
musical band Siouxsie and the Banshees, alternating scenes of excessive
violence with intellectual discussions about the history of England.
color, 100 min