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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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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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War Requiem
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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Disappointing
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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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 »