Derek Jarman, the great British filmmaker, artist and provocateur, passed away 25 years ago on February 19, 1994. He was 52 years old. His late masterpiece The Garden was made in 1990 as Jarman was struggling with AIDS. Shot on Super8, 16mm and HI8 video, starring a young Tilda Swinton and featuring a sublime score by Simon Fisher Turner, The Garden is a visually stunning, deeply personal film about homosexuality, Christianity and persecution filmed at Jarman’s coastal home in the shadow of a nuclear power station.
The Garden (Derek Jarman, 1990) : film screening
