A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke of Brion Gysin using a dream machine. Jarman's contribution is a version of his 1977 Art and the Pose (aka Arty the Pose), refilmed at 3fps, with a musical soundtrack. Jarman planned The Dream Machine as a commemoration of William Burroughs and Gysin's 1982 visit to the UK, and received initial funding from the Arts Council in 1983, then rethought the project as a portmanteau film featuring Gysin alone. The production remained in limbo until 1986, when James Mackay obtained completion funding from the British Film Institute. (Since this film was released on VHS accompanied by Jarman's Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull, T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven and Pirate Tape under the umbrella title The Dream Machine, synopses of this film have often muddled up its details with those of the earlier films. )
Imágenes de actos rituales y de objetos de significación mística se superponen con el fin de reproducir un universo abstracto de simbolismo onírico a través del color, la textura y el misterio.
Still Photographer
Durante el reinado del emperador romano Diocleciano los cristianos gozaban de una cierta tranquilidad, hasta que unos disturbios hacen que la actitud del emperardor con respecto a ellos cambie.
Leopard Boy
Durante el reinado del emperador romano Diocleciano los cristianos gozaban de una cierta tranquilidad, hasta que unos disturbios hacen que la actitud del emperardor con respecto a ellos cambie.
The Art of Mirrors is an abstract film made in 1973 by director, Derek Jarman. The film, shot in super 8 features figures moving in the foreground and background of an empty space holding mirrors which occasionally flash in the lens of the camera. The images portrayed in the film are reminiscent of Jarman's Abstract Landscape paintings of the same period. In his diary Jarman wrote of this film, 'this is only something that could only be done on a Super 8 camera, with it's built in meters and effects.' The film's title was reworked in the script for 'Dr Dee The Art Of Mirrors and The Summoning Of Angels' in 1975.
Himself
An experimental short film by Derek Jarman the depicts the crush of flesh at an art-world event.
