The Last of England (film)

The Last of England
Directed byDerek Jarman
Written byDerek Jarman
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byNigel Terry
CinematographyDerek Jarman, Christopher Hughes, Richard Heslop, Cerith Wyn Evans
Edited byDerek Jarman, Peter Cartwright, Angus Cook
Music by
Release dates
  • August 1987 (1987-08) (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
  • 14 February 1988 (1988-02-14) (Berlin International Film Festival)
Running time
87 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetGBP£276,000
The Last of England, the painting from which the film derives its name

The Last of England is a 1987 British arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton.

It is a poetic depiction of what Jarman felt was the loss of traditional English culture in the 1980s and his anger about Thatcher's England,[1][2] including the formation of Section 28 Local Government Act.[3] It is named after The Last of England, a painting by Ford Madox Brown.[3]

One of the film's most famous scenes is of Tilda Swinton as a bride mourning her executed husband.[1] The scene was shot near the director's home on the beach of Dungeness, Kent.[3]

Jarman wrote a book, with the same title, to accompany the film.[4]

  1. ^ a b Kuc, Kamila. "Last of England, The (1987)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bezanson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Scovell, Adam (7 November 2014). "In Profile: Derek Jarman's The Last of England (1988)". thedoublenegative.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ Jarman, Derek; Hirst, David L. (1 January 1987). The Last of England. Constable & Robinson. ISBN 0094680809.

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