Caravaggio

Hugely significant to Jarman, his biopic of the Italian Baroque painter with whom he strongly identified was developed over many years. Ultimately shot on 35mm film, it looks incredible : the tableaux and sets project rich, painterly depth, brightness and colour. Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton deliver fine performances as the model and partner caught up in a complex and fatally doomed love triangle with the famous artist. Caravaggio struggles to reconcile the demands of authority (in the form of his church patrons) with his own artistic and sexual needs a tension then very close to Jarmans heart. Available here in High Definition for the first time outside of 2018s Jarman Vol.1 (1972-1986), Caravaggio is arguably the directors most popular film. Special Features : Caravaggio in Docklands (1985, 15 mins) : shot on VHS by director Ron Peck (Nighthawks), this footage was recorded at Limehouse Studios on the Isle of Dogs, East London where Derek was about to shoot Caravaggio Kind Blasphemy : Lees meer over de Caravaggio van huismerk in de productgroep entertainment