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In his final - and most daring - cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen, laying bare his physical and spiritual state.
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Directed by

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Derek Jarman

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Derek Jarman ... ()

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Takashi Asai ... producer
David Lewis ... associate producer
James Mackay ... producer

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Simon Fisher-Turner

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Tom Russell ... senior colorist / senior colourist

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David Lewis ... associate director

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Marvin Black ... sound designer
Paul Hamblin ... re-recording mixer
Steve Hancock ... sound camera operator (uncredited)

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John Balance ... musician
Gini Ball ... musician
Marvin Black ... musician
Katharine Blake ... musician (as Miranda Sex Garden)
Peter Christopherson ... musician
Markus Dravius ... music recording engineer / musician
Brian Eno ... musician
Simon Fisher-Turner ... musician (as The King of Luxembourg) / musician
Marden Hill ... musician
Tony Hinnigan ... musician
Danny Hyde ... musician
Jan Latham-Koenig ... musician
Momus ... musician
Vini Reilly ... musician
Miranda Sex Garden ... musician
Kate St. John ... musician
Richard Watson ... musician
Hugh Webb ... musician

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Angela Connealy ... production coordinator
Simon Goldberg ... legal consultant
Chris Harrison ... administrator
David Mansell ... researcher
David Roden ... researcher (uncredited)

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Kevin Collins ... dedicatee (as H.B.)

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Plot Summary

In his final-and most daring-cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen. Laying bare his physical and spiritual state in a narration about his life, his struggle with AIDS and his encroaching blindness, BLUE is by turns poignant, amusing, poetic and philosophical.

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Also Known As
  • Derek Jarman's Blue (United Kingdom)
  • BLUE（1993） (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Mėlyna (Lithuania)
  • Блю (Russia)
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  • 79 min
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Budget GBP90,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The lines "Our name will be forgotten in time, no-one will remember our work [etcetera]", and "our lives will run like sparks through the stubble" are adapted from the book in the Biblical Apocrypha "The Wisdom of Solomon", Chapters two and three respectively. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004). See more »
Soundtracks Triennale See more »
Quotes Terry, Nigel: We've always been mistreated and the moment anyone gives us the slightest bit of attention we over-react with our thanks.
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