Up In The Air

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<p>Derek Jarman was one of our most celebrated artists- painter, poet, film-maker - and the author of many books, including the bestsellers<i>Modern Nature</i>and<i>At Your Own Risk</i>.</p><p>The film scripts collected here for the first time- including<i>Akenaten, Jubilee, Bob-Up-A-Down, B Movie: Little England/ A Time of Hope, Neutron</i>and<i>Sod 'Em</i>- confirm Derek Jarman's reputation as a leading independent film-maker.</p>

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Derek Jarman- painter, theatre designer and filmmaker- held his first one man show at the Lisson Gallery in 1969. He designed sets and costumes for the theatre (<i>Jazz Calendar</i>with Frederick Ashton and<i>Don Giovanni</i>at the Coliseum). He was production designer for Ken Russell's films<i>The Devils</i>and<i>Savage Messiah</i>, during which time he worked on his own films in Super 8 before making his features:<i>Sebastiane</i>(1975),<i>Jubilee</i>(1977) and<i>The Tempest</i>(1979). From 1980 he returned to painting (a show at the ICA) and design (<i>The Rake's Progress</i>with Ken Russell in Florence), and made the films<i>Caravaggio</i>(1986),<i>The Last of England</i>(1987),<i>War Requiem</i>(1988),<i>The Garden</i>(1990),<i>Edward II</i>(1991),<i>Wittgenstein</i>(1992) and<i>Blue</i>(1993). His books include:<i>Dancing Ledge</i>(1984),<i>The Last of England</i>(1987; now republished by Vintage under the title the author intended for it,<i>Kicking the Pricks</i>),<i>Modern Nature</i>(1991),<i>At Your Own Risk</i>(1992) and<i>Chroma</i>(1994). Derek Jarman died in February 1994.

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