Derek Jarman's Super 8 - Rilegato

MacKay, James

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0500517320 ISBN 13: 9780500517321

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2014

Riassunto

Derek Jarman was one of most influential filmmakers of the late twentieth century, transcending the avant-garde to make cult feature films such as Jubilee (1978) and Caravaggio (1986). He was a painter before venturing into the world of film, and a painter's mentality permeates all his work, particularly his experiments in Super 8 film.The Super 8s show Jarman at his most visually courageous and creative, using rich color and bold compositions, and experimenting with techniques such as superimposition and the use of prisms and filters. When Jarman died, he left his entire collection of ninety-two Super 8s to James Mackay, who has spent the last twenty years archiving, restoring, and digitizing them. Here, Mackay presents stills from these works, selected by artists and filmmakers who have engaged with or been influenced by Jarman. This remarkable body of work contains some of the most evocative images from the filmmaker’s entire career, accompanied by insightful commentaries from contributors such as Gus Van Sant, Tacita Dean, and Isaac Julien.

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Recensione:

Jarman's features represent the fullest expression of his creative energies. --artpractical.com

Twenty years on from his death, Super 8 shows why [Jarman's] unknown work still deserves to be screened and celebrated, proud and loud. These formative masterpieces have languished too long in the dark and this volume rectifies that. --Aesthetica

Exemplifies why Jarman is one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century. --Gay.com

This intimate record of Jarman's work gives an authentic flavor of the artist and his groundbreaking approach to film. --AnOther

L'autore:

James Mackay studied art before becoming the cinema coordinator at the London Filmmakers' Co-op. He met Derek Jarman in 1979 and went on to produce many of his films. Mackay now oversees the archive on behalf of the LUMA Foundation.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0500517320
• ISBN 13: 9780500517321
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 287