The Tempest

feature film, 1979

DIRECTED BY: Derek Jarman

The Tempest

CAST:
Peter Bull,
David Meyer,
Neil Cunningham

SCRIPT:
Derek Jarman

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Peter Middleton

Synopsis:
Although shot in 1979, it was first screened a year later. The Tempest, shot on 16mm, is an abstract film loosely based on the magical "Shakespearean play". Jarman used the Shakespearean paradigm as the base for a homosexual metaphor…

color, 95 min