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3 December 1993 (USA)
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Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and...
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(27 articles)
Cannes 2013 Horror Wrap-up
(From FEARnet. 28 May 2013, 1:00 PM, PDT)
Afternoon Delight: Lea Seydoux on "playing the man" in "Blue is the Warmest Color," Katee Sackhoff on playing fake gay in "Riddick"
(From AfterEllen.com. 27 May 2013, 12:26 PM, PDT)
Cannes: Critics Debate Festival Highs and Lows
(From Variety - Film News. 27 May 2013, 10:43 AM, PDT)
(From FEARnet. 28 May 2013, 1:00 PM, PDT)
Afternoon Delight: Lea Seydoux on "playing the man" in "Blue is the Warmest Color," Katee Sackhoff on playing fake gay in "Riddick"
(From AfterEllen.com. 27 May 2013, 12:26 PM, PDT)
Cannes: Critics Debate Festival Highs and Lows
(From Variety - Film News. 27 May 2013, 10:43 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | John Quentin | ... | (voice) |
 | Nigel Terry | ... | (voice) |
| Derek Jarman | ... | (voice) |
 | Tilda Swinton | ... | (voice) |
Directed by | |||
| Derek Jarman | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Derek Jarman | ||
Produced by | |||
| Takashi Asai | .... | producer | |
| David Lewis | .... | associate producer | |
| James Mackay | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Simon Fisher-Turner | |||
| Momus | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Marvin Black | .... | sound designer | |
| Markus Dravius | .... | sound recordist | |
| Paul Hamblin | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| Steve Hancock | .... | sound camera operator (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Tom Russell | .... | senior colourist | |
Music Department | |||
| John Balance | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Peter Christopherson | .... | composer: additional music | |
Other crew | |||
| Angela Connealy | .... | production coordinator | |
| Phyll | .... | unspecified assistant | |
Production Companies
- Basilisk Communications
- Uplink Co.
- Arts Council of Great Britain
- Channel Four Films
- BBC Radio (Radio 3)
- Opal
- Zeitgeist Films (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye
- Kino Video (USA) (VHS)
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USA:79 min
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The lines "Our name will be forgotten in time, no-one will remember our work [etcetera]", and "our lives will run like sparks through the stubble" are adapted from the book in the Biblical Apocrypha "The Wisdom of Solomon", Chapters two and three respectively.See more »
Quotes:
Terry, Nigel:Charity has allowed the uncaring to appear to care.See more »
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Adam and Joe Show: Episode #2.2" (1997)See more »
Soundtrack:
Durutti ColumnSee more »
FAQ
Is this film really entirely blue?See more »
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Losing his eyesight, Derek Jarman made this remarkable short
feature in which his diaristic reminiscences, and commentary on
his current degeneration from AIDS symptoms, are set against a
placid musical score and a cool, empty blue background.
An obviously simple idea, but what an amazingly rich one: Jarman
has created the closest movie experience to a director talking to
the inside of your head. The concomitant feelings of control-losing
peace and terrifying hallucination (one obviously starts to project
images into the blue blankness) are...well, so obviously apt, aren't
they? For a film about spirit, and about the interiorness of
everyone's reactions, BLUE is remarkably controlled in its effects.
It provides an experience adult viewers haven't had much since
childhood--of letting go and getting lost.