Film
Caravaggio
Thursday, Nov 13, 2008
7 p.m.
Additional Info
1986, 93 min.
Support for the Derek Jarman film series is provided by the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.
Image: Derek Jarman, Caravaggio (still), 1993; photo courtesy Zeitgeist Films, New York
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian baroque artist known as much for his glowing realistic paintings as his rebellious and dangerous ways. This film is a fictionalized exploration of the Caravaggio legend, which centers around drunkenness, prostitutes, painting and a love triangle with Lena (Tilda Swinton) and Ranuccio (Sean Bean).