The Angelic Conversation
1985 | 78m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Derek Jarman |
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| Writer: | William Shakespeare |
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| The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.” | |
| Release Date: | Feb 15, 1985 |
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| Director: | Derek Jarman |
| Writer: | William Shakespeare |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | poetry, homoeroticism, lgbt, erotic romance |
| Production Companies | Channel 4 Television, BFI |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Judi Dench | (voice) |
| Paul Reynolds | |
| Philip Williamson | |
| Dave Baby | |
| Timothy Burke | |
| Simon Costin | |
| Christopher Hobbs | |
| Philip MacDonald | |
| Toby Mott | |
| Steve Randall | |
| Robert Sharp | |
| Tony Wood |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Derek Jarman | Director, Director of Photography |
| William Shakespeare | Author |
| Peter Christopherson | Original Music Composer, Sound Editor |
| James Mackay | Additional Director of Photography |
| Stephen Thrower | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Cartwright | Editor |
| Cerith Wyn Evans | Editor |
| Stuart Dolin | Production Manager |
| Christopher Hughes | Production Assistant |
| Richard Anstead | Sound Editor |
| Alistair Thain | Still Photographer |
| Tom Russell | Colorist |
| Adrian Fogarty | Sound Effects |
| John Balance | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| James Mackay | Producer |
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Paul Reynolds and Philip Williamson reminded me of silent film actors in this really quite poignant tale of homosexual longing, lust and pure love all complemented by a Shakesperian narrative consisting of fourteen of his sonnets read, emotively and vibrantly, by Judi Dench. The imagery is often qui ... te disjointed and abstract: inanimate objects frequently imbued with animate traits - all as one man seeks his love, and also an assurance that he is pure enough to deserve and keep it. It lacks pace. At times this is more of a collage of loosely related scenes rather than a continuing storyline and it is certainly self-indulgent - not a criticism that could be laid unfairly at most Derek Jarman works, I find. That said, it is never boring. It won't be for everyone, indeed I'm not really sure it was for me - but it is more than cinematic wallpaper, and may well resonate more with those from the gay community of mid 1980s Thatcherite Britain than perhaps with many others. It is interesting, but I doubt I would watch it again