The Garden
feature film, 1990
DIRECTED BY: Derek Jarman
CAST:
Tilda Swinton,
Johnny Mills,
Philip MacDonald
SCRIPT:
Derek Jarman
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Christopher Hughes
Synopsis:
A speechless film where visual narration meanders between two main and
several supporting stories. We follow a woman with a newborn child escaping from
aggressive journalists. Two men get married and have to suffer the consequences;
they are ridiculed, covered in tar and feathers and beaten. In Jarman's
contemporary world of electrical transmissions there is room for Jesus too.
Viewers who liked the elliptical, experimental style of music videos eagerly
received The Garden, a film that formed a link between homosexuality and
religion.
color, 90 min