Jubilee [DVD]

I loved this film when I was 20 now I am a bit older I saw it on here and had to buy it and it’s still as good now as when I saw it years ago. Would recommend this to anyone

Interesting time capsule, some performances a bit overcooked.

The punk era did not last long, but it seemed to have a huge impact on where we are now - which was not only limited to the music scene. This film is amazing, and features a very young Toyah and Adam Ant as "Boy".....

Don't watch this expecting an exposition of punk, or a linear movie with a happy ending.Jubilee catalogues the dying of a country's soul. That may sound dramatic, but it is an artist's distopian vision of the future - or 'no future'- as one reviewer has deftly pointed out, two years before Thatcher got into power. Yet it goes beyond the political; it's about the brutalisation of people, the breaking down of civilisation. Jarman's classical art background comes through in all his work and this is no exception. It's not an easy film to watch, not simply because of the extreme nature of some of the scenes, but because it's message is both intellegent and sad. The soundtrack is a mixture of punk and sublime Eno.It could also be, for some, a nostalgic look at a post-war England/Britain that has since disappeared - teapots, horn rimmed NHS specs and HP Sauce greasy spoon cafes. 1977 was grim -thank god for Derek Jarman and artists like him, whose mirror will reflect into the 21st century. Watch this film as art with something to say. Don't expect to come out smiling."she wouldn't even carry a gun."

excellent

great film

as advertised

Fab