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The Garden [1990] [1991]

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Roger Cook, Peter Lee-Wilson, Spencer Leigh, Michael Gough (Pres/Narr)
Director: Derek Jarman
Format: Anamorphic PAL Widescreen
Released: 28 Feb 2005
RRP: £19.99
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a garden of hauntingly beautiful tablaux - By: yorgos dalman, 21 Nov 2005
The Garden is a collagefilm, combining images, shot on super 8 with a soundtrack by long time collaborator Simon Fisher Turner that consists of music, noises, soundcapes & spoken words; it's a sort of follow up to Jarman's The Last of England (1987) in which he used the same techniques. The result is nevertheless nothing like 'the same' but inspiring new & of a staggering beauty. A gay couple represents Jesus & through a series of surreal & absurd visuals, the passion & condemning of Christ is being represented. There is no story told out loud, it's within the subconscious of the movie itself, & within that of the viewer. Never has a 'homemovie' been so professionallly done that is is suitable for a large (cinema) audience, & yet, it's still one of the most personal cinematic confessions a filmmaker can create; in this paradox lies its true power.