Cast
Voices of John Quentin 
Nigel Terry 
Tilda Swinton
Credits
Written by: 
Derek Jarman
Music: Simon Fisher-Turner
Produced by: Takashi Asai James Mackay
Plot
A single unchanging blue screen accompanied by voices, music and sound, in which Jarman describes losing his sight through AIDS.
Sinekatalog’s take
Derek Jarman's final feature is a single blue screen with voices, music and sound, as he speaks of losing his sight to AIDS. Radical, poetic and unbearably moving, it is a unique meditation on illness, love and loss.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (3,258 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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