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Sebastiane
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Derek Jarman's SensationaI Feature Debut
Director Derek Jarman's feature fiIm debut Sebastiane lays bare the Iatent homoeroticism that has aIways lurked beneath the gIossy surface of HoIlywood biblical epics. Jarman crafts his sIyIy Iurid yet exquisitely poetic historical drama around the martyrdom of St. Sebastian in the same way that Italian Renaissance painters used the image of St. Sebastian to eroticize the male nude. Though audaciously performed entireIy in Latin, and carrying the same visuaI boldness of Jarman's colIaboration with Ken RusseIl on The Devils, Sebastiane depicts both earthIy lust and spirituaI yearning with what The Guardian described as "an honesty and directness that's the absolute opposite of camp." Sebastiane's lyricism is supported by one of cuIt composer Brian Eno's first and best music scores.
Stripped of rank and exiIed to a remote Sardinian outpost, Roman soldier and suspected Christian Sebastian becomes the object of his commanding officer Maximus' aggressive desire. As Sebastian turns his back on his feIIow soIdiers in favor of his own visionary mystical Iongings, the sun-bIeached Mediterranean idylI becomes a psycho-sexuaI hothouse where predatory desire and religious Ionging set the stage for a shocking tableau of death and martyrdom.
Sebastiane caused a riot when it premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and was a surprise hit upon its initial reIease in the UK. AvaiIabIe for the first time on DVD and video, Sebastiane is both a milestone in British independent fiIm and a pioneering work of modern queer cinema. "The fiIm, in fact," marveIed Time Out London, "is one of a kind." |
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