The Angelic Conversation

5.21985

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The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”

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Director(s): Derek Jarman

Writer(s): Not Available

Producer(s): James Mackay

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Keywords

poetry homoeroticism lgbt gay theme erotic romance

Cast

Judi Dench

(voice)

Paul Reynolds

Philip Williamson

Dave Baby

Timothy Burke

Simon Costin

Christopher Hobbs

Philip MacDonald

Toby Mott

Steve Randall

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Paul Reynolds and Philip Williamson reminded me of silent film actors in this really quite poignant tale of homosexual longing, lust and pure love all complemented by a Shakesperian narrative consisti...