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War Requiem
1989
The late great Derek Jarman's film of Benjamin Britten's unique choral work. Faced with the task of creating a visual equivalent to Britten's work, and using only the words Britten used (the poems of Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead), Jarman cast Tilda Swinton as the nurse looking after the young, doomed Wilfred .. Read more
| Starring | Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Claire Davenport, Laurence Olivier |
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| Director | Derek Jarman |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
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War Requiem
The late great Derek Jarman's film of Benjamin Britten's unique choral work. Faced with the task of creating a visual equivalent to Britten's work, and using only the words Britten used (the poems of Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead), Jarman cast Tilda Swinton as the nurse looking after the young, doomed Wilfred Owen and persuaded Laurence Olivier, in his final screen role, to play the Unknown Soldier. The result is one of the most passionate pleas for peace come out of the dark days of the late 1980s......
| Starring | Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Claire Davenport, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes, Rohan McCullough, Nigel Terry, Owen Teale, Sean Bean, Milo Bell, Harvey Cooper |
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| Director | Derek Jarman |
| Studio | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1989 To Rent: DVD: 10 Nov 2008 |
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Jarman's finest work to date takes as its soundtrack/ score Benjamin Britten's masterly religious poetic choral work. A... read more on Time Out
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Superb Cinematic experience
The new digitally re-mastered HD print of WAR REQUIEM is totally staggering. Twenty years after the first theatrical release, the astonishing beauty and ... read more »
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Most disappointing, such wonderful music and poetry spoit by a mismatch of images. Occasionally the film and images would have been impressive without the ... read more »
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Music can obviously supplement film and even poetry(Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' for example). Jarman tries to add visuals to poetry, which negates the ... read more »
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The new digitally re-mastered HD print of WAR REQUIEM is totally staggering. Twenty years after the first theatrical release, the astonishing beauty and ... read more »
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War Requiem
The late great Derek Jarman's film of Benjamin Britten's unique choral work. Faced with the task of creating a visual equivalent to Britten's work, and using only the words Britten used (the poems of Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead), Jarman cast Tilda Swinton as the nurse looking after ...
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