Blue

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Blue is Derek Jarman’s experimental 1993 film consisting solely of a blue screen accompanied by a layered soundscape of narration, music, and effects reflecting on his life, illness, and mortality.

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Blue canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental film
about Derek Jarman’s failing eyesight
Derek Jarman’s life
HIV/AIDS crisis
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creativeWorkStatus completed shortly before Derek Jarman’s death
director Derek Jarman
distributor Artificial Eye
featuresColor International Klein Blue
genre avant-garde film
essay film
hasColorProcess monochrome
hasElement music
narration
sound effects
hasNarrativeForm first-person narration
hasReception critical acclaim
hasSoundtrackType layered soundscape
hasSubject medical treatment experiences
personal diary-like reflections
political commentary on AIDS
hasTone elegiac
meditative
hasVisualStyle single static blue screen
mainTheme AIDS
autobiographical reflection
illness
mortality
medium film
musicBy Simon Fisher Turner
linked to: Simon Fisher-Turner
narratedBy Derek Jarman
John Quentin
Nigel Terry
Tilda Swinton
notableFor absence of traditional imagery
use of a single color field as image
originalLanguage English
partOf Derek Jarman filmography
productionCompany BBC
Channel 4
publicationDate 1993
releaseFormat television broadcast
theatrical release
runningTime approximately 79 minutes
screenplayBy Derek Jarman
writer Derek Jarman

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Lara Dutta notableWork Blue
All I Want partOf Blue
Essence includesTrack Blue