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Article: Derek Jarman Dreams of England.(Review)
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- March 22, 1997
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by Michael O'Pray. London: British Film Institute, 1996; distributed by Indiana University Press. 184 pp., illus. Hardcover: $29.95
With a portfolio of work that crosses media boundaries, including film, video, painting, and literary memoirs, Derek Jarman (1942-1994) always resisted definitions, choosing to maximize the benefits of his position as an artist at the institutional and esthetic margins. Matched with his increasingly public persona as a gay activist, Jarman's enigmatic quality extended even to his own identity. Indeed, much of the impetus for his creative activity seemed to derive from reconciling the disparate aspects of his identity, that is, trying ...