Article: Appreciation; Derek Jarman's Artful History

Derek Jarman was not easily slowed. Despite never getting significant commercial backing, he directed a dozen feature films; the lastof them, "Blue," he made when he was almost blind. In addition to being (along with Peter Greenaway) the most inventive and influential British art-filmmaker of his generation, he was also a successful painter, rock video maker, stage and set designer, and author. The third of his volumes of memoirs, "Modern Nature," was just published in the United States; review copies came with a note from the publisher that "Derek Jarman is available for telephone interviews." By the time that offer arrived, Derek Jarman was not available for telephone interviews. He ...

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