The Garden (1990)

The Garden: Directed by Derek Jarman. With Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald, Pete Lee-Wilson. A nearly wordless visual narrative inter cuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones.

“Derek Jarmon films are always interesting. People seem to love his work or despise it. u0026quot;The Gardenu0026quot; takes the persecution that Christ faced and puts it in modern times, or an unknown time for that matter. We have two homosexual martyrs who are persecuted like Christ, by the church. Tilda Swinton plays a modern day Mary whou0026#39;s chased around by ruthless Paparazzis. The film contains many strange visual delights. There is not a whole lot of dialog except for poetic narration. Like Jodorowskyu0026#39;s u0026quot;the Holy Mountainu0026quot;, itu0026#39;s chock full of bizarre religious images. The set pieces and Costumes are extremely avant-garde and colorful. If you enjoy films that are a trip for the mind, youu0026#39;ll enjoy u0026quot;the Gardenu0026quot;. I felt that Derek Jarmon was inventive with his camera tricks and imagery. If you like bizarre art-house films with hallucinatory imagery, you must see this film.”