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Film

The Last of England

Saturday, Nov 22, 2008

3 p.m.

Additional Info

1988, 87 min.

Support for the Derek Jarman film series is provided by the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.

Using all the elements of film that he was known for — non-linear narrative, arresting images, punk, homosexuality, and visual poetry — Jarman tackles the subject of the decline of 1980s England. The film shows a fragmented society, his post-apocalyptic critique of England at the time of constant IRA attacks and living under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.