Film
The Tempest
Saturday, Nov 15, 2008
1 p.m.
Additional Info
1979, 92 min.
Support for the Derek Jarman film series is provided by the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.
Image: Derek Jarman, The Tempest (still), 1993; photo courtesy The British Film Institute
A punk inspired adaptation of Shakespeare’s Tempest. Much of the Shakespearian dialogue has been removed and haunting images successfully take its place. Filmed in Stoneleigh Abbey, the film weaves period backgrounds with punk sensibilities of decadence, decay, and magic.