The Garden
September 6, 1990 (Toronto Film Festival) — 92 minutes, color, Super 8 to 35mm, aspect ratio 1.85:1 — Experimental
Jarman’s 8th feature, hypnotic, nearly wordless film intercuts between two main stories, as Jarman dreams at his garden home by the Dungeness coast.
FILMS: Shorts | 1. Sebastiane | 2. Jubilee | 3. Tempest | 4. Angelic Conversation | 5. Caravaggio | 6. Last of England | 7. War Requiem | 8. The Garden | 9. Edward II | 10. Wittgenstein | 11. Blue.
Review
FORTHCOMING
Crew
Produced by Takashi Asai, Dagmar Benke & James Mackay
Music by Simon Fisher-Turner
Cinematography by Christopher Hughes
Film Editing by Peter Cartwright
Production Design by Derek Brown & Christopher Hobbs
Costume Design by Annie Symons
Makeup Artist Thelma Matthews
Production Management by Nick Searle & Sarah Swords
Cast
- 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
- Jack Birkett as Pontius (as Orlando)
- Dawn Archibald
- Milo Bell
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Michael Gough
- Mirabelle La Manchega
- Jessica Martin
Review forthcoming.