<p>The English painter, film-maker and writer Derek Jarman (1942&ndash;1994) is mainly known<br />
for his work in the medium of film, but he always saw himself primarily as a painter.<br />
In this study of his lesser known home movies, Super 8 films and the &lsquo;cinema of small<br />
gestures&rsquo; that Jarman developed out of them, Martin Frey discusses numerous Super 8<br />
films as well as the films THE LAST OF ENGLAND, IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN and<br />
THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION. He examines Jarman&rsquo;s filming techniques and way of<br />
working and also analyses influences from the fields of painting and literature, such as<br />
Allen Ginsberg, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney and Yves Klein.<br />
For Jarman, life and work represented an indivisible unity. Numerous autobiographical<br />
elements from his works are thus considered in this volume: his repressed childhood and<br />
adolescence in post-war England, his coming out and the liberated life of the seventies,<br />
his struggle against the unequal treatment of homosexuals during the Thatcher era, his<br />
dealing with his own HIV infection and finally his personal commitment to fighting<br />
discrimination against people who are HIV-positive or who have already developed Aids.</p><p>www.jarman-film-book.com/</p>