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Garden (The)
- Director: Derek Jarman
- Producer: James Mackay
CGiii Comment
Strictly for the surrealists...and, the Jarman fanbase.
It's screamingly awful..but then, there are those who adore it.
It's time to make your own mind up and, there's no sitting on the fence - commit.
It's either trash or genius!!!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Cast & Characters
Tilda Swinton as Madonna;
Johnny Mills as Lover;
Philip MacDonald as Joseph;
Pete Lee-Wilson as Devil;
Spencer Leigh as Mary Magdalene/Adam;
Jody Graber as Young Boy;
Roger Cook as Christ;
Kevin Collins as Lover;
Dawn Archibald;
Vernon Dobtcheff;
Michael Gough;
Mirabelle La Manchega;
Jessica Martin as Singer;
Orlando;
Mike Tezcan