Blue
Blue
| 03 December 1993 (USA)
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Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.

Reviews
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Konstantin Belozyorov This artwork can hardly be called the film in our usual sense of the word. It is a revelation. This is a mystery. Something strange and very sad. The perfect combination of story, music and sounds. This is recognition. It's real art. Art of our imagination combined with the narration of the director. Amazing experience! This film must see everyone, who truly loves cinematography. I read reviews about this film on different sites. Many believe that it is not even a movie. But we must understand that any film - it is only a story, it is speaking, which is expressed in the image. All have long drowned in the language. Words are no longer connected with things. This film perfectly reflects this logic. And I like it!
rsp-5 How do u talk about this film. the only way is 2 go against the film maker and get the cd, or if you have the movie, close your eyes and be one with life.Derek jarman is a god 2 me, but listen 2 blue, u will fall in love with the world.at the 1994 Oscars, i waited when they showed the people who we lost, jarman was not there. unforgivable. but then chicago is a better movie than gangs of new york.I love the IMDb, but who has listened 2 blue ?Í place a delphinia, blue, upon ur grave.
Ben Nunn Jarman's masterpiece was always going to attract a lazy criticism from the mainstream mindset: pretentious, trendy, self-indulgent etc.But to dismiss it out of hand as no better than a first year art student's project is to fail to appreciate the rich narrative.The coldness of the blue focusses the mind on what Jarman has to tell us, perhaps far better than any other colour would've done. We cannot help but listen, and take in one very gifted man's grim yet positive perspective on gay life, and a slow death through AIDS.Brian Eno's musical score is stark and haunting, with passages of female vocal harmony that are strongly influenced by contempory sacred music from Eastern Europe.Watch this film with an open mind: Force yourself to keep staring into the blue yonder, and it will empower you with a new level of vision and perspective.
barfly99 People still don't believe me when I tell them there's a feature length film made up entirely of a plain blue screen. A commentary about AIDS and loss, however real and moving, cannot possibly compensate for such a pretentious gimmick. In fact, whatever is being said is obscured, quite literally, as the poor viewer's boredom and frustration sets in.