内容简介
SMILINGINSLOWMOTIONconcludesthejourneystartedinMODERNNATURE,thesepreviouslyunpublishedjournalsstretchfromMay1991untilafortnightbeforehisdeathinFebruary1994.Partdiary,partobservation,partmemoir,Jarmanwriteswithhisfamiliarhonesty,wryhumourandacuity.Friends,collaboratorsandenemiesarecataloguedasheracesthroughhislastyearpainting,film-making,gardening,andannoyinghistargetsthroughhisinvolvementinradicalpolitics.WritingfromhisCharingCrossRoadflat,onhisvisitstointernationalfilmfestivales,hisworldfamousgardenatDungenessinKent,andfinallyfromhiosbedinStBartholomew'sHospital,Jarmanilluminatesanerawhichseemsmoreephemeralandout-of-graspwitheachpassingday.SMILINGINSLOWMOTIONisnotadocumentofillness,regretandresignation,butoneofendeavour,remembranceandlove.
作者简介
DerekJarman'screativityspanneddecadesandgenres-painter,theatredesigner,director,filmmaker,writerandgardener.Fromhisfirstone-manshowattheLissonGalleryin1969;setdesignsandcostumesforthetheatreandballet(JazzCalendarwithFrederickAshtonatCoventGarden,DonGiovanniwithJohnGielgudattheLondonColiseum,TheRake'sProgresswithKenRussellatTeatroCommunale,Florence);productiondesignforKenRussell'sfilmsTheDevilsandSavageMessiah;throughhisownfilmsinsuper-8beforeworkingonfeatures:Sebastine(1976),Jubilee(1978),TheTempest(1979),TheAngelicConversation(1985),Caravaggio(1986),TheLastofEngland(1987),WarRequiem(1989),TheGarden(1990),EdwardII(1991),Wittgenstein(1993),andBlue(1993);todirectingpop-videosandliveperformancesforPetShopBoysandSuede.Hispaintings-forwhichhewasaTurnerPrizenomineein1986-havebeenexhibitedworld-wide.Hisgardensurroundingthefisherman'scottageinDungenesswherehespentthelastyearsofhisliferemainsasiteofaweandpilgrimagetofansandnewcomerstoJarman'ssingularvision.Hispublicationsinclude:DancingLedge(1984),KickingthePricks(1987),ModernNature(1991),AtYourOwnRisk(1992),Chroma(1994),DerekJarman'sGarden(1995).
