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The Last of England | |
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Directed by | Derek Jarman |
Written by | Derek Jarman |
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Narrated by | Nigel Terry |
Cinematography | Derek Jarman, Christopher Hughes, Richard Heslop, Cerith Wyn Evans |
Edited by | Derek Jarman, Peter Cartwright, Angus Cook |
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Running time | 87 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | GBP£276,000 |
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]
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