Dancing Ledge
Journals vol. 1
$26.38
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2022
Summary
Jarman’s first journal—preceding Modern Nature—is his candid coming-of-age memoir about being an art student, making his first films, and coming out in Britain in the 60s and 70s.
“What started as a book on the frustration of funding led to the writing of an autobiography at forty… I had so little to do in the daylight hours, I stayed up late unbuttoning Levis in back rooms.”
In 1984, at the age of 40, the polymath film-maker Derek Jarman began to write his journals. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784877682 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784877689 |
| Author: | Derek Jarman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 173g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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Jarman [is] the sort of troublemaking visionary who one day may be compared with Blake
Jarman’s light illuminates the wilderness as brightly as ever * New Statesman *
Jarman [is] the sort of troublemaking visionary who one day may be compared with Blake * Time Out *
About The Author
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman was born in London in 1942. His career spanned decades and genres, from painter, theatre designer, director, film maker, to poet, writer, campaigner and gardener. His features include Sebastiane (1976), Jubilee (1978), Caravaggio (1986), The Last of England (1987), Edward II (1991) and Blue (1993). His paintings - for which he was a Turner Prize nominee in 1986 - continue to be exhibited worldwide, and his garden in Dungeness remains a site of pilgrimage to fans and newcomers alike.
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