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  • The Angelic Conversation (1985)
  • Not Rated
    77 min | Drama
The Angelic Conversation (1985)
Not Rated
77 min | Drama
An unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. The photography is stop-motion, the music is ethereal, the scenery is often elemental: boulders and smaller rocks, the sea, ...See moreAn unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. The photography is stop-motion, the music is ethereal, the scenery is often elemental: boulders and smaller rocks, the sea, smoke or fog, and a garden. The man is on an odyssey following his love. But he must first, as the sonnet says, know what conscience is. So, before he can be united with his love, he must purify himself. He does so, bathing a tattooed figure (an angel, perhaps) and humbling himself in front of this being. He also prepares himself with water and through his journey and his meditations. Finally, he is united with his fair friend. Written by See less
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Director
Derek Jarman
Writer
William Shakespeare (sonnets)
Producer
James Mackay
Composers
John Balance (as Coil) | Peter Christopherson (as Coil) | Stephen Thrower (as Coil)
Cinematographers
Derek Jarman | James Mackay
Editors
Peter Cartwright | Cerith Wyn Evans
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Release date
Feb 28, 1987 (Japan)

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