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Glitterbox, with its extra film, Glitterbug, compiled by Derek Jarman's friends following his death, is an especially personal tribute to this idiosyncratic director, writer, and artist. Renowned for his outspoken dedication and experimental portrayals of politically radical heroes, Jarman's films challenge the conventions of narrative filmmaking and expand narrow definitions of sexuality. This boxed set contains The Angelic Conversation (1985), Caravaggio (1986), Wittgenstein (1993), and Blue (1993), which, viewed together, clarify Jarman's preoccupation with the ways language and imagery intertwines or demand separation. Each film contains heavy theatricality, unabashed passion, poetic screenwriting, and a finely tuned color palette, lending the works extreme drama that is an acquired taste. In The Angelic Conversation, a young Morrissey-type searches longingly for love until he finds his possible angel in the form of another hunky sensitive guy. The super-8 footage is romanticized by Judi Dench's reading of certain Shakespearean sonnets that question life's meaning, over a moody, ambient soundtrack by Coil. Caravaggio is an eccentric portrayal of the artist, Michelangelo di Caravaggio (Nigel Terry), embroiled in a hot love triangle between figure model Ranuccio (Sean Bean), and Lena (Tilda Swinton). Far from a conventional biopic, the film capitalizes on Caravaggio's maniacal reputation, with lurid decadence and emotionally weighty scenes throughout. Wittgenstein, co-written by Terry Eagleton, also takes liberties with its depiction of this famed philosopher, played by Karl Johnson. Filmed entirely against a black backdrop, the movie focuses on the thinker's homosexual identity crisis, throughout childhood, then as he makes academic headway at Cambridge. Blue, filmed right before Jarman's death as an expression of his fears and shock at his loss of eyesight, is 76 minutes of blue screen, which stirringly comes alive as Tilda Swinton and Nigel Terry read from Jarman's journals his musings about the color, against a soundtrack of ticking clocks and more composed by Eno, Momus, and Simon Fisher-Turner.
Extras on each disc, including multitudinous interviews with Jarman's friends, the man himself, and a short film called "The Clearing" (1994), in which Jarman silently acts, are plentiful and great. But the real extra gem here is Glitterbug, a fifty-minute compilation of Jarman's unused home film and video footage, set to Brian Eno music. Filmed on sets, in artist's studios, at parties, fashion shows, and on travel excursions, Glitterbug is a visual diary of Jarman's inspirations. Moreover, as reference material it establishes his aesthetic sensibilities, his tastes for the lavish, the punk, and for other humans fully dedicated to art. --Trinie Dalton

Product Description
Painter, poet, activist and queer cinema maverick, Derek Jarman (1942-1994) is one of Britain's most visionary and extraordinary film artists. Often in collaboration with actress and muse Tilda Swinton (2007 Oscar Winner for Michael Clayton), Jarman's lush, experimental reflections on art, politics, sexuality and identity transcend and subvert both the genres in which he worked--the period costume drama, the biopic--as well as the boundaries of so-called gay filmmaking.

This four-disc set boasts two of Jarman's most accomplished arthouse features (Caravaggio and Wittgenstein), and two of his most personal and avant-garde works (Blue and The Angelic Conversation). GLITTERBOX also debuts a treasure trove of additional material including the posthumously assembled 54-minute film collage Glitterbug; rare behind-the-scenes footage; extensive video and audio interviews; production galleries; and a 20-page illustrated booklet with essays, an interview with Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell and a tribute by Coil's Peter Christopherson.

DISC ONE: CARAVAGGIO

The volatile life of the eponymous 17th-century painter is gorgeously re-imagined through his brilliant, near-blasphemous paintings and flirtations with the underworld. With Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough, and Nigel Terry in the title role.

1986 - 90 minutes - UK - Color - In English - 16:9 aspect ratio - Not Rated

CARAVAGGIO FEATURES:
- Restored anamorphic transfer, created from Hi-Def elements - Video interviews with actress Tilda Swinton, actor Nigel Terry and production designer Christopher Hobbs
- Audio commentary by cinematographer Gabriel Beristain - Rare audio and video interviews with Derek Jarman - Storyboard, notebook, production photo and sketch galleries - Original theatrical trailer - English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

DISC TWO: WITTGENSTEIN

A visually stunning and profoundly entertaining portrait of the irreverent 20th-century philosopher who preferred detective fiction and Carmen Miranda musicals to Aristotle.

1993 - 69 minutes - UK - Color - In English - 16:9 aspect ratio - Not Rated

WITTGENSTEIN FEATURES:

- Restored anamorphic transfer, created from Hi-Def elements - Video interviews with actress Tilda Swinton, actor Karl Johnson and producer Tariq Ali - Extensive behind-the-scenes footage - Video introduction by film historian Ian Christie - The Clearing (Alex Bistikas, 1994), a short film featuring Jarman - English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

DISC THREE: THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION

This ethereal Super-8 mélange beautifully layers languorous music by cult band Coil and Dame Judi Dench's emotive readings of Shakespeare love sonnets.

1985 - 78 minutes - UK - Color and B&W - In English - 1.33:1 aspect ratio - Not Rated

THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION FEATURES:

- Restored transfer - Video interviews with producer James Mackay and production designer Christopher Hobbs - Derek Jarman in conversation with Simon Field (1989) - English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

DISC FOUR: BLUE

Jarman's most daring cinematic statement (a year before his death from AIDS in 1994) lays bare his physical and spiritual struggle through a rich tapestry of voices, music and a pure cobalt screen.

1993 - 76 minutes - UK - Blue - In English - 16:9 aspect ratio - Not Rated

BLUE FEATURES:

- Glitterbug (1994), 54-minute collage of Jarman's footage posthumously assembled by the filmmaker's friends and featuring original music by Brian Eno - English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired









Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom

"Pier Paolo Pasolini did not live to see the storms of controversy and scandal that were whipped up around Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, 1975), his adaptation of the Marquis de Sade. Until recently, the uncut film had never received a certification in the UK and is banned in a number of other countries. However, the BBFC have now - for the first time - granted an 18 certificate to the uncut version, for both theatrical screenings and for a DVD / VHS release.

The worlds most controversial film comes to DVD and Blu-ray in 2-disc editions. Presented fully uncut and in its most complete version, the film has been re-mastered from the original Italian restoration negatives.

Pier Paolo Pasolinis final and most shocking film has been banned, censored and reviled the world over since its first release in 1975. Sal did not receive UK certification until late 2000, when it was passed uncut. The BFI then released it on DVD in 2001 and, despite having been out of print for almost three years, the title still ranks amongst BFIs all-time top 10 best-selling DVDs.

The films content and imagery is extreme and it retains the power to shock, repel and distress even today. A brutal allegory based on the novel 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, the film is a cinematic milestone - culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning.

Disc one (DVD and Blu-ray) - Sal

* Complete and uncut, re-mastered from original Italian restoration negatives
* Original Italian language version (with optional English subtitles)
* Original English language version (with optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired)
* Original Italian trailer (with optional English subtitles)
* Coil - Ostia (the Death of Pasolini) The original 1986 track from Coil's celebrated second album, Horse Rotorvator, with a newly created video accompaniment, shot especially for this release by Peter Christopherson

Disc two (standard def PAL DVD disc, included in both DVD & Blu-ray editions)

* Open Your Eyes! (2008, 21 mins)
Newly created on-set documentary using full colour footage shot in 1974 by acclaimed film journalist and Pasolini expert Gideon Bachmann.
* Walking with Pasolini (Roberto Purvis, 2008, 21 mins)
New documentary exploring the meaning and impact of Pasolini's film, with Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky and Craig Lapper (Chief Examiner, BBFC).
* Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981, 58 mins) Philo Bregstein's classic documentary on the life and death of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
* Fade to Black (Nigel Algar, 2001, 24 mins)
Documentary with Mark Kermode exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini's controversial masterpiece, with Bernardo Bertolucci and other leading directors.
* Ostia (Julian Cole, 1991, 25 mins, with optional director commentary track) Cole's rarely seen short film about the last days of Pasolini, starring Derek Jarman.

Extras
Extensive illustrated booklet including:
* Newly commissioned essay by Sam Rohdie (Italian film scholar and author of The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini)
* Sight & Sound feature by Gideon Bachmann incorporating his on-set diary
* 1979 review of the film by Gilbert Adair
* James Fermans (BBFC) letter of appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions
* Pasolini biography by Italian film specialist Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
* Photographs of Pasolini at work on set
* Cast and credits for the film


Derek Jarman



Pier Paolo Pasolini



Peter Greenaway



Jim Jarmusch



Federico Fellini



Luchino Visconti



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Polanski
Murnau
Tarkovsky
Altman
Jodorowsky
Lynch
Allen
Bruce La Bruce (some)
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Daniel Wu