Jubilee (1977 film)
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| Directed by | Derek Jarman |
| Produced by | Howard Malin James Whaley |
| Written by | Derek Jarman Christopher Hobbs |
| Starring | Jenny Runacre Jordan Nell Campbell Linda Spurrier Toyah Willcox |
| Music by | Chelsea Suzi Pinns Brian Eno Siouxsie and the Banshees Wayne County Toyah Willcox Adam Ant |
| Cinematography | Peter Middleton |
| Editing by | Nick Barnard Tom Priestley |
| Release date(s) | 1977 (UK) September 1979 (USA) |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Jubilee is a 1977 cult film directed by Derek Jarman. It stars Jenny Runacre, Ian Charleson, and a host of proto-Goths and punk rockers. The title refers to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977.
In Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth I (Runacre) is transported forward in time by the occultist John Dee (Richard O'Brien) through the spirit guide Ariel (a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest). Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s. Queen Elizabeth II is dead, killed in an arbitrary mugging, and Elizabeth I moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the activities of a group of sporadic nihilists including Amyl Nitrate (Jordan), Bod (Runacre in a dual role), Chaos (Hermine Demoriane), Crabs (Nell Campbell), and Mad (Toyah Willcox).
The film is heavily influenced by the 1970s punk aesthetic in its style and presentation. Shot in grainy colour it is largely plotless, episodic, untidy, confrontational, often incoherent and noisily anti-establishment and anti-royalty (Buckingham Palace has become a recording studio run by a seedy music producer named Borgia Ginz).
Numerous punk icons appear in the film including Jordan (a Malcolm McLaren protege), Toyah Willcox, Campbell (Little Nell), Adam Ant, Demoriane and Wayne County. It features performances by Wayne County and Adam and the Ants. There are also cameo appearances by The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The film was scored by Brian Eno.
[edit] External links
- Jubilee at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by Tony Peake
- Criterion Collection essay by Tilda Swinton
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