Blue

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Blue is Derek Jarman’s experimental 1993 film consisting solely of a blue screen accompanied by a layered soundscape of narration, music, and effects reflecting on his life, illness, and mortality.

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Blue canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental film ⓘ
about Derek Jarman’s failing eyesight ⓘ
Derek Jarman’s life ⓘ
HIV/AIDS crisis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creativeWorkStatus completed shortly before Derek Jarman’s death ⓘ
director Derek Jarman ⓘ
distributor Artificial Eye ⓘ
featuresColor International Klein Blue ⓘ
genre avant-garde film ⓘ
essay film ⓘ
hasColorProcess monochrome ⓘ
hasElement music ⓘ
narration ⓘ
sound effects ⓘ
hasNarrativeForm first-person narration ⓘ
hasReception critical acclaim ⓘ
hasSoundtrackType layered soundscape ⓘ
hasSubject medical treatment experiences ⓘ
personal diary-like reflections ⓘ
political commentary on AIDS ⓘ
hasTone elegiac ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
hasVisualStyle single static blue screen ⓘ
mainTheme AIDS ⓘ
autobiographical reflection ⓘ
illness ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
musicBy Simon Fisher Turner ⓘ
linked to: Simon Fisher-Turner
narratedBy Derek Jarman ⓘ
John Quentin ⓘ
Nigel Terry ⓘ
Tilda Swinton ⓘ
notableFor absence of traditional imagery ⓘ
use of a single color field as image ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Derek Jarman filmography ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
Channel 4 ⓘ
publicationDate 1993 ⓘ
releaseFormat television broadcast ⓘ
theatrical release ⓘ
runningTime approximately 79 minutes ⓘ
screenplayBy Derek Jarman ⓘ
writer Derek Jarman ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lara Dutta → notableWork → Blue ⓘ
All I Want → partOf → Blue ⓘ
Essence → includesTrack → Blue ⓘ