{"product_id":"blue","title":"Blue - Derek Jarman (Ekphrasis Collection)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue - Derek Jarman (Ekphrasis Collection)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDerek Jarman’s \u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a sensory tapestry that serves as both a political call to action and a meditation on illness, dying, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“For\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethere are no boundaries or solutions.” —Derek Jarman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released as a feature film in 1993, the year before the acclaimed artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s death due to an AIDS-related illness,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a daring and powerful work of art. The film and its script, as reproduced in this volume, serve as an impassioned response to the lack of political engagement with the AIDS crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJarman’s Blue moves through myriad scenes, some banal, others fantastical. Stories of quotidian life––getting coffee, reading the newspaper, and walking down the sidewalk––escalate to visions of Marco Polo, the Taj Mahal, or blue fighting yellow. Facing death and a cascade of pills, Jarman presents his illness in delirium and metaphors. He contemplates the physicality of emotions in lyrical prose as he grounds this story in the constant return to Blue—a color, a feeling, a funk. Michael Charlesworth’s compelling introduction brings\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto conversation with Jarman’s visual paintings.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40147270107223,"sku":"","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2009\/7115\/files\/Blue_-_Derek_Jarman.jpg?v=1789651630","url":"https:\/\/unitom.info\/products\/blue","provider":"UNITOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}