Information
- BFI identifier107107
- Date1986 (Copyright)
1986 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisReconstructs the life and work of the painter whose death in 1610 followed years on the run as a murderer. The film links the characters in Caravaggio's art with the violent events of his career. (Synopsis)
- Work history'Shot entirely at Western Half Warehouse of Limehouse Studios, London E14'
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- CastNigel Terry (Michelangelo Caravaggio)
Sean Bean (Ranuccio Tommasoni)
Garry Cooper (Davide)
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Title
Caravaggio (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/EB8D-0288-9D60-E26F-C681-2Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
DVD - Video - Viewing
DVD - Video - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
DVD - Video - Viewing
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Screenplay - SCR-2350
Derek Jarman - interview transcript - Transcript of audio interview with Derek Jarman conducted by Derek Malcolm at NFT, to coincide with the opening of Caravaggio (1986) - EPH-6-49
Script - dated April 1985 - S9749
CARAVAGGIO notebook - Large notebook for CARAVAGGIO (GB,1986) black cover with gold panel labelled 'Caravaggio May 85' and on first page under working title ''Blue Is Poison, April 1985' containing: - typescript draft script pasted-in with handwritten annotation - typewritten letter from Dom Pierre Sylvester Houedard with suggestions and background information - photocopied reproductions of Caravaggio works - set design sketches - costume notes - photocopied designs for 'Peterzano's Studio' and 'The Squat'; - ink drawing by Christopher [Hobbs] of the calling of St Matthew - storyboarding of a sequence presenting a dove carved in ice under a model of St Peter's dome at Guistiniani's Party - pen & ink drawing [probably by Christopher Hobbs] of 'The Hospital At Porto Ercole' - index to sequences 1985-1986 [Formerly Jarman II Box 6] - JAR-2-1-6
CARAVAGGIO notebook - Large notebook for CARAVAGGIO (GB,1986) cover painted gold over a floral design. Spine illustrated with a red quill pen and labelled 'Caravaggio June - July' typewritten/manuscript draft sequences with annotation and pasted-in items including: - draft of letter from Derek Jarman to John Gielgud offering him the part of Del Monte, no date - letter of refusal from John Gielgud ...'experience in Caligula some years ago has led me to be very wary of indulging my advanced years in semi pornographic films...', 14 July 1985 - letter from Dom Pierre Sylvester Houedard regarding a copy of Robert Payne's book on Caravaggio, 13 June 1985 - letter to DJ from Quartet Books regarding the book of the film, 22 May 1985 - letter to DJ from Peter Sainsbury, Head of BFI Production, notifying him of the board's decision to finance the film with listed provisos 18 March 1985 - pen & Ink drawing of 'David and Goliath for title sequence' - photocopied Caravaggio works and miscellaneous images - 'Rough [Shooting] Schedule, 8 July 1985' - Unit List at 27 June 1985 - Provisional Schedule, July 1985 - studio Plan - casting suggestions for the main characters with photographs of possible candidates, June 1985 - audition schedule for 10 - 17 June 1985 [Formerly Jarman II Box 7] - JAR-2-1-7
See Derek Jarman Collection. Information folder held.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - Single sheet portrait - PD-16228
Design: production - Single sheet landscape - PD-16257
Design: production - Single sheet landscape - PD-16258
Design: production - PD-16259
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape UK Poster signed in permanent by the director Derek Jarman - PD-9110
view all - StillsPhotograph: digital - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-leh
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1sl
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-m7w
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-m7v
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-lei
view all - Articles
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2014
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Caravaggio
Work - 107107 - 1986 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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