Jarman’s breakthrough film was also the first to feature his compatriot and muse Tilda Swinton (as the prostitute Lena). Using a bold visual style that evokes Caravaggio’s baroque paintings, Jarman also embraces the transgressive history of this painter, who scandalized his patrons by using thieves, gamblers, and male lovers as models for his commissions. 1986, 35mm, 93 minutes.
