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In the Shadow of the Sun

  • 19811981
  • 51m
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In the Shadow of the Sun (1981)
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A collection of Super 8 films shot by Derek Jarman between 1972 and 1975, edited to the music of Throbbing Gristle.A collection of Super 8 films shot by Derek Jarman between 1972 and 1975, edited to the music of Throbbing Gristle.A collection of Super 8 films shot by Derek Jarman between 1972 and 1975, edited to the music of Throbbing Gristle.
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  • Director
    • Derek Jarman
  • Stars
    • Karl Bowen
    • Graham Dowie
    • Christopher Hobbs
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    • Derek Jarman
  • Stars
    • Karl Bowen
    • Graham Dowie
    • Christopher Hobbs
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    Karl Bowen
    Graham Dowie
    Christopher Hobbs
    Gerald Incandela
    Andrew Logan
    Luciana Martínez
    Lucy Su
    Kevin Whitney
    Francis Wishart
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      • Derek Jarman
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      Edited from A Journey to Avebury (1971)

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    10/10
    Excellent piece of exploitation
    Derek Jarman used some of his 70s home movie footage to produce this wonderful piece of exploitational avantgarde cinema. Actually the original material has been slowed down to a speed of 3-6 frames, then Jarman added colour effects and the pulsating, menacing score by Industrial supergroup Throbbing Gristle ("Hot on the Heels of Love").

    The result is a piece of art not to dissimilar to Jarman´s painting work in using found footage as elements of memory and mind that resemble ideas reflected in the Cabala and in C.G. Jung`s writings about an archetypical past that is hidden in everyone of us.
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    • Release date
      • February 1981 (West Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Im Schatten der Sonne
    • Production companies
      • Dark Pictures
      • Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek
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      51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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