Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Japan
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
- aids
- poetry
- blue
- death
- lgbt
- autobiographical
- experimental cinema
- arthouse
The bill
- Directed
- Derek Jarman
- Written
- Derek Jarman
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 84 ratings
- Studio
- Arts Council of Great Britain, Basilisk Communications, BBC Radio 3, Channel 4 Television
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
