The Last of England – Verlorene Utopien (1987)
38KThe Last of England – Verlorene Utopien: Directed by Derek Jarman. With Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, ‘Spring’ Mark Adley, Gerrard McArthur. The artist’s personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
“This film seems to be a bizarre hybrid of David Lynch at his most weirdest and Jim Jarmush on an acid trip. There is no linear progression or any character development. Or any real characters when I think about it. Or story. Just a very strange mixture of disgusting visuals and gay imagery.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor the first half of the movie we linger on a bunch of hobos in a demolished wasteland. We canu0026#39;t really tell if they are just living in an old factory or if the world has been destroyed by nuclear apocalypse. These scenes are tinted (or flooded) by either red, green or blue. The guys just walk around and stuff. Nothing special. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t know why I didnu0026#39;t walk out of this movie. Obviously some part of it held my attention. I donu0026#39;t know what though. Whatu0026#39;s even stranger is that I WOULD recommend this film to others. If you like movies itu0026#39;s a good idea to see a few bizarre ones. If you donu0026#39;t like it thatu0026#39;s fine. But I bet you canu0026#39;t fully explain WHY you donu0026#39;t like it. I canu0026#39;t explain why I even sat thru it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s good to see. Even though it doesnu0026#39;t have the normal things associated with movies. IE script, producer and well I dunno. Not much dialogue either.”
