Derek Jarman / Benjamin Britten WAR REQUIEM (DVD Trailer)

NOW ON DVD http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=933
British cinema's enfant terrible teams with his
muse Tilda Swinton (Academy Award Winner for Michael
Clayton) and Laurence Olivier, for a spectacular and
moving interpretation of composer Benjamin
Britten's 1961 orchestral masterpiece. The films
boldly combines archival footage of war's devastation
with Jarman's keen and gifted eye for the theatrical
and the political.WAR REQUIEM is a "violent,
horrifying, ultimately inspiring film" that
remains Derek Jarman's definitive, "eloquent, complex,
and profoundly negative statement on war."
(Washington Post). Now on DVD from Kino International.

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[catherinenixie1]

This is Jarman at the sublime top of his form. Stunning visually and wrenches every ounce from Britten's music. I might be wrong here, but I think this was Olivier's final screen performance. Why has it taken them 20 years to release this DVD?

[vonspre]

Jarman was a GENIUS....as well as Britten.

[MuseDuCafe]

Jarman's genius here, sadly, imposes on a masterwork never meant to have visuals and which, I find, suffers from it. "Video killed the radio star" is at work here.

[omegaman59]

@catherinenixie1 Yes it was Oliviers final screen performance .He did a radio play shortly before he died playing a Jew, called "No End to Dreaming".

[ChrisSummerfield]

A few years ago I wrote to Derek in order to try and meet up with him, and talk about his work. Possibly take some pictures. He sent me a first postcard taken from his series of the homophobic attitude by the sun news paper over HIV AIDS. With the words that if I shoot on super 8 film I would get great results and it could open up doors for me.

[ChrisSummerfield]

. A few years later I contacted him after the South bank show, he sent another postcard from his art campaigns saying that he would have liked to meet up with me but at this point he was too ill... Very kind gestures from a great creative man. Prepared to stand up to his beliefs

[fremsley001]

Rousing choral work here. I fondly recall us singing this on the north terrace, Rochdale United vs Barnsley, 27th February 1964. Tom Cottingham did the orchestral fill-in on spoons as best he could, God bless him. South terrace replied wi' excerpts from Peter Grimes. They called it Battle o' Britten. Rochdale won 3-2.

[Sieglinde84]

Didn't know this movie existed, but it looks worth watching. I only know Jarman's Caravaggio, and it's pure beauty. And somehow I'm not surprised he used Britten's music.

[ANTOONMAKA]

Terribles images sur une superbe musique ! Les horreurs de la guerre et mise avec brio en musique!