The Angelic Conversation
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.”
Cast
Crew
- Director: Derek Jarman
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Editor: Peter Cartwright
- Editor: Cerith Wyn Evans
- Producer: James Mackay
- Original Music Composer: Stephen Thrower
- Sound Effects: Adrian Fogarty
- Additional Director of Photography: James Mackay
- Original Music Composer: Peter Christopherson
- Director of Photography: Derek Jarman
- Original Music Composer: John Balance
- Still Photographer: Alistair Thain
Overview
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.”