The Last of England

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The Last of England is a 1987 experimental British film by Derek Jarman that portrays a bleak, poetic vision of a collapsing, post-industrial England through fragmented, non-linear imagery.

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instanceOf film
basedOn The Last of England (book)
linked to: The Last of England
basedOnWorkBy Derek Jarman
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts alienation
collapse of English society
militarization
queer identity
violence
director Derek Jarman
directorOfPhotography Christopher Hughes
distributor Artificial Eye
editingBy Derek Jarman
Peter Cartwright
featuresCastMember Jonny Phillips
Nigel Terry
Spencer Leigh
Spring
Tilda Swinton
genre art film
avant-garde film
drama film
experimental film
hasPart Super 8 footage
home movies
staged performance sequences
hasQuality bleak
poetic
hasTheme LGBT experience
apocalypse
authoritarianism
loss of national identity
mainSubject Thatcher-era Britain
post-industrial England
social decay
musicBy Simon Fisher Turner
linked to: Simon Fisher-Turner
narrativeFormat fragmented imagery
non-linear
originalLanguage English
producer Derek Jarman
publicationDate 1987
runtime approximately 87 minutes
setInLocation England
setInPeriod late 20th century
titleInspiredBy Ford Madox Brown
The Last of England (1855 painting)
linked to: The Last of England
writer Derek Jarman

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Derek Jarman notableWork The Last of England
Emma Hill notableWorkAsModel The Last of England
Nigel Terry notableWork The Last of England
The Last of England basedOn The Last of England (book)
linked to: The Last of England
Jerusalem (play) hasTheme vanishing England
subject linked to: Jerusalem (stage play)
linked to: The Last of England