The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens in suits and pinstripes, so busy establishing themselves, were useless at changing anything.
The Last Of England works with image and sound, a language which is nearer to poetry than prose. It tells its story quite happily in silent images, i… - Derek Jarman
The Last Of England works with image and sound, a language which is nearer to poetry than prose. It tells its story quite happily in silent images, i…
- Derek Jarman
One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, s… - Derek Jarman
One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, s…
All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ide… - Derek Jarman
All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ide…
I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away. - Derek Jarman
I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.
Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. - Derek Jarman
Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea.
People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries. - Derek Jarman
People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries.
On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have… - Derek Jarman
On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have…
Violet has the shortest wavelength of the spectrum. Behind it, the invisible ultraviolet. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for … - Derek Jarman
Violet has the shortest wavelength of the spectrum. Behind it, the invisible ultraviolet. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for …
Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum. - Derek Jarman
Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum.
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