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War Requiem is a 1989 film adaptation of Benjamin Britten's musical piece of the same name. It was shot in 1988 by the British film director Derek Jarman with the 1963 recording as the soundtrack, produced by Don Boyd and financed by the BBC.
This experimental film synthesizes the poetry of Wilfred Owen, wordless reenactments of events from Owen's life, stock footage of 20th-century wars and music...
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- Nathaniel Parker
- Derek Jarman
- Musical
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. Jarman's finest work to date takes as its soundtrack/ score Benjamin Britten's masterly religious poetic choral work. A work of unrelieved mourning - an...
Details: 1988, UK, Cert PG, 93 mins. Direction: Derek Jarman. With: Laurence Olivier and Tilda Swinton
War Requiem is a 1989 film adaptation of Benjamin Britten's musical piece of the same name.
Jan 26, 1990 · During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.
Portrayed without dialogue from the principal players to the accompaniment of Benjamin Britten's masterwork, the 1961 oratorio War Requiem, this film is a parade of images - brutal, exquisite, erotic, and painterly.
