Caravaggio

Directed by Derek Jarman

A bold retelling of the 17th-century painter's life through his provocative paintings and flirtations with the underworld, exploring art, desire, and societal rebellion.
Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio is less conventional biography than sensual visual interpretation, recreating the painter’s chiaroscuro in richly composed images. The storytelling can be deliberately anachronistic and opaque, but Nigel Terry, Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton give the film vivid presence. Above all, it is a strikingly beautiful meditation on art, sex and desire.

Caravaggio

Directed by Derek Jarman

A bold retelling of the 17th-century painter's life through his provocative paintings and flirtations with the underworld, exploring art, desire, and societal rebellion.

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Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio is less conventional biography than sensual visual interpretation, recreating the painter’s chiaroscuro in richly composed images. The storytelling can be deliberately anachronistic and opaque, but Nigel Terry, Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton give the film vivid presence. Above all, it is a strikingly beautiful meditation on art, sex and desire.