Blue (1993 film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Derek Jarman |
| Produced by |
James Mackay Takashi Asai |
| Written by | Derek Jarman |
| Narrated by |
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| Music by |
Simon Fisher Turner John Balance Momus Peter Christopherson Karol Szymanowski Erik Satie Brian Eno |
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Production
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| Distributed by |
Zeitgeist Films (USA) Basilisk Communications Ltd |
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Release date
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Venice Biennale, June 1993, Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 1993, 3 October 1993 (New York Film Festival) |
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Running time
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79 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Blue is the twelfth and final feature film by director Derek Jarman, released four months before his death from AIDS-related complications. Such complications had already rendered him partially blind at the time of the film's release.
The film was his last testament as a film-maker, and consists of a single shot of saturated blue colour filling the screen, as background to a soundtrack where Jarman's and some of his favourite actors' narration describes his life and vision.
On its premiere, on 19 September 1993,Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3 collaborated on a simultaneous broadcast so viewers could enjoy a stereo soundtrack. Radio 3 subsequently broadcast the soundtrack separately as a radio play and it was later released as a CD.
The film has been released on DVD in Germany and in Italy. On 23 July 2007 British distributor Artificial Eye released DVD tying Blue together with Glitterbug, a collage of Jarman's Super 8 footage.
Cinematographer Christopher Doyle has called Blue one of his favourite films, calling it "one of the most intimate films I've ever seen."
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