Caravaggio Blu-Ray   British Film Institute

Hugely significant to Jarman, his biopic of the Italian Baroque painter with whom he strongly identified was developed over many years. Shot on 35mm film, the tableaux and sets project a rich, painterly depth, brightness and colour. Nigel Terry, Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton deliver fine performances as the artist, model and partner caught up in a complex and fatally doomed love triangle with the famous artist. Caravaggio struggles to reconcile the demands of authority (in the form of his church patrons) with his own artistic and sexual needs, a tension then very close to Jarman’s heart at the time.

Special Features
Presented In High Definition, Caravaggio In Docklands (1985, 15 Mins): Shot On VHS By Director Ron Peck (Nighthawks), This Footage Was Recorded At Limehouse Studios In East London Where Derek Was About To Shoot Caravaggio, Kind Blasphemy: Nigel Terry On Derek Jarman And Caravaggio (2007, 7 Mins): The Actor And Star Of Caravaggio Shares His Memories Of Meeting And Working With Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton On Caravaggio And Derek Jarman (2007, 9 Mins), Italy Of The Memory: Christopher Hobbs On Caravaggio (2007, 8 Mins): Archive Interview With The Film's Production Designer, Dexter Fletcher On Caravaggio (2014, 10 Mins): The Actor And Director Recalls His First Meeting With Derek Jarman, Christopher Hobbs Remembers Caravaggio (2018, 6 Mins), Derek Jarman Interviewed By Derek Malcolm (1986, 58 Mins, Audio Only), Caravaggio Score Recording Sessions (1986, 64 Mins, Audio Only): Extensive New Selection Of Hauntingly Beautiful Audio Outtakes, Audio Commentary With Cinematographer Gabriel Beristan, Assorted Galleries: Derek Jarman's Notebook, Storyboards, Production Designs, Original Theatrical Trailer