Blue
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman
John Quentin
Nigel Terry
Tilda Swinton
Takashi Asai
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Suffering from AIDS, British filmmaker Derek Jarman lays bare his physical, personal, mental, and spiritual state in a narration over a blue screen whose only images are those produced by your own retina: orange squares, flashes, and shadows.
Director
Derek Jarman
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 8, 1994
Released in United States August 1993
Released in United States September 1993
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States April 1994
Released in United States June 1994
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States December 1, 1994
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 14-29, 1993.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.
Shown at Champaign-Urbana Lesbian & Gay Film Festival April 7-17, 1994.
Shown at USA Film Festival in Dallas April 21-28, 1994.
Shown at Stockholm International Film Festival (in competition) November 11-20, 1994.
Received the Michael Powell award for best British film at the 1993 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Broadcast over PBS affiliate KCET in Los Angeles July 15, 1994.
Broadcast over Channel Four in United Kingdom September 19, 1994.
Acclaimed British filmmaker Derek Jarman died of complications from AIDS on February 19, 1994.
aspect ratio 1:1.66
Released in United States Spring April 8, 1994
Released in United States August 1993 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 14-29, 1993.)
Released in United States September 1993 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 1993.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at USA Film Festival in Dallas April 21-28, 1994.)
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at Stockholm International Film Festival (in competition) November 11-20, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Champaign-Urbana Lesbian & Gay Film Festival April 7-17, 1994.)
Released in United States December 1, 1994 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "A Day With Derek Jarman" December 1, 1994.)
Released in United States June 1994 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "25 Years of Exposure" June 17-23, 1994.)
