Information
- BFI identifier345637
- Date1987 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA narrator introduces scenes of the devastation of England, intercut with shots of director Derek Jarman working in his London flat. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn Edinburgh Film festival 1994.
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Derek Jarman
Production Company: Anglo International Films
Production Company: British Screen
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Title
The Last of England (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/296E-F8C7-BD17-DC36-11AA-VCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsEphemera: publicity - PBS-345637
LAST OF ENGLAND notebook - Large notebook THE LAST OF ENGLAND (GB,1987) black cover with gold painted panel, labelled 'The Last Of England' containing : - manuscript notes on the sections 'Xenophobia or G.B.H.'; 'Night Life'; 'The Art Of Mirrors'; 'Bliss'; 'The Worlds End'; 'Deathwatch' - pasted- in cards black paint on white with gold calligraphy depicting sequences, suggested music, moods etc - article' Derek Jarman - Terrorist Of The British Cinema' by Hugh Morley, no date - article 'Fighting For The Beaches Of Dungeness' by Helen Riley and Brian Ferry, New Scientist, 5 June 1986 - letter to DJ from Ian Christie confirming that the BFI would be interested in distributing the film, 24 July 1986 - handwritten notes on Budget - crew and cast ideas - props list - letter to Derek Jarman from PSA Public Relations, suggesting media appearances, 6 October 1987 - information booklet on the film - photocopy of Daily Mirror front page headline 'Brady: Killed Five More' with gold leaf panel glued over, August 1987 [The article relates to Ian Brady the 'Moors Murderer'] - newspaper cuttings and press releases - colour photograph of a smiling Jarman with camera possibly after a Royal event in front of a street barricade in London? , no date c. 1985-1986 [Formerly Jarman II Box 12] - JAR 2-1-12
LAST OF ENGLAND notebook - Large note book for THE LAST OF ENGLAND (GB,1987) black cover with painted gold panel], labelled The Last Of England II; Victorian Values; 3 Minutes To Midnight; G.B.H' containing - script draft - sketches for The Archaeologist/ Archaeology Of The Soul, A Dance At The Edge Of Time; Notes on The Dancer, The Lovers, Love Lies Bleeding, Music Of The Spheres, Bemoth, The Prison, A Firing Squad,; Colour Photos and notes on 'Lost Souls', 'Bonfire Of The Vanities', 'Ship Of Fools', 'Junk', 'Destruction' - colour family photos [mother, father, sister, Jarman as a child] - post production list, , nd - sound Ideas - photographs of Jarman - letter to Jarman from Angus [McBean?] re 'pictures', 28 January 1987 - List of Telecine for 'Victorian Values', 5 November 1986 - sheet of contact prints of Jarman - postcard from Keith [Collins?] of Fern Gulley - card issued by Anglo International Films showing a scene from the film, no date 1986-1987 [Formerly Jarman II Box 13] - JAR-2-1-13
Small pressbook held.
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2014
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Last of England
Work - 345637 - 1987 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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