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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last of England canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5494138 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last of England Context triple: [Derek Jarman, notableWork, The Last of England]
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A.
The Last of England
The Last of England is a celebrated 1855 painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a Victorian couple emigrating from England, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and emotional intensity.
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B.
The Fatal Englishman
The Fatal Englishman is a biographical work by Sebastian Faulks that examines the lives and early deaths of three emblematic Englishmen to explore themes of national identity, ambition, and disillusionment in the 20th century.
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C.
The Heart of Britain
The Heart of Britain is the well-known slogan used by the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror to emphasize its connection with everyday British people and national life.
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D.
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve is a 1942 British war film co-directed by and starring Noël Coward that portrays the crew of a Royal Navy destroyer during World War II.
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E.
Falling Towards England
Falling Towards England is Clive James’s autobiographical memoir recounting his early years as an Australian expatriate in 1960s London, marked by literary ambition, cultural discovery, and self-deprecating humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last of England Target entity description: 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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A.
The Last of England
The Last of England is a celebrated 1855 painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a Victorian couple emigrating from England, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and emotional intensity.
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B.
The Fatal Englishman
The Fatal Englishman is a biographical work by Sebastian Faulks that examines the lives and early deaths of three emblematic Englishmen to explore themes of national identity, ambition, and disillusionment in the 20th century.
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C.
The Heart of Britain
The Heart of Britain is the well-known slogan used by the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror to emphasize its connection with everyday British people and national life.
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D.
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve is a 1942 British war film co-directed by and starring Noël Coward that portrays the crew of a Royal Navy destroyer during World War II.
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E.
Falling Towards England
Falling Towards England is Clive James’s autobiographical memoir recounting his early years as an Australian expatriate in 1960s London, marked by literary ambition, cultural discovery, and self-deprecating humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Last of England (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Derek Jarman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
alienation
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collapse of English society ⓘ militarization ⓘ queer identity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| director | Derek Jarman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | Christopher Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Artificial Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy |
Derek Jarman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Cartwright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCastMember |
Jonny Phillips
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigel Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilda Swinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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avant-garde film ⓘ drama film ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Super 8 footage
ⓘ
home movies ⓘ staged performance sequences ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
bleak
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poetic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
LGBT experience
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apocalypse ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ loss of national identity ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Thatcher-era Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
post-industrial England ⓘ social decay ⓘ |
| musicBy | Simon Fisher Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat |
fragmented imagery
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non-linear ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Derek Jarman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 87 minutes ⓘ |
| setInLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| titleInspiredBy |
Ford Madox Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Last of England (1855 painting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Derek Jarman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Last of England Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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