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Caravaggio (1986)
UK 1986
Directed by Derek Jarman
Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher, Dawn Archibald, Sean Bean
93 mins
Shot on 35mm film, it looks incredible: the tableaux and sets project rich, painterly depth, brightness and colour. Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton deliver fine performances as the model and partner caught up in a complex love triangle with the famous artist, as Caravaggio struggles to reconcile the demands of authority (in the form of his patrons) with his own artistic and sexual needs – a tension then very close to Jarman’s heart. (William Fowler)
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