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cantsayidont · 1 month

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February 1978. Released a year after the royal Silver Jubilee to which the title alludes, this colorful, moderately surreal, definitely pretentious Derek Jarman punk indulgence is framed by an odd sequence in which an angel (Ian Charleson) gives Queen Elizabeth I (Jenny Runacre) and John Dee (Richard O'Brien) a glimpse of the future, where a group of young punks — Amyl (Pamela Rooke, aka Jordan), Crabs (Little Nell, aka Nell Campbell, who could have convincingly played Helen Mirren's younger sister), Viv (Linda Spurrier), Mad (Toyah Willcox), Sphinx (Karl Johnson), Angel (Ian Charleson), and Kid (Adam Ant), along with the somewhat older and decidedly mad Bod (also Runacre) — struggle with end-of-the-world ennui and boredom that they try to fill with looting, sex, music (produced by the deranged Borgia Ginz, played by Jack Birkett, aka Orlando), mindless aggro, and the occasional recreational murder. (The story doesn't ever spell out exactly why the world is ending, but anyone living in the gloomy inflationary austerity of late '70s Britain hardly needed any elaboration on that score.)

Even if you don't recognize the various punk and New Wave figures who appear throughout, the film captures the early punk sensibility pretty well, although for all its mayhem, its aura of studied disaffection makes it rather slow-moving and occasionally dull. This seems intentional — the characters themselves are desperately bored, and while everyone's still going through the motions out of inertia or nostalgia, the point is that there is no point.

For all that, JUBILEE is still significantly less cynical than the later LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (which also features an array of punk stars), and occasionally manages to seem strangely wistful. CONTAINS LESBIANS? There's a fair amount of gay sex, but the closest it gets to wlw is a scene where Bod and Mad do a little knife-play. VERDICT: Definitely an acquired taste, but if you have any interest in punk, New Wave, or post punk, it's essential viewing. As a companion piece, try the somewhat earlier THE FINAL PROGRAMME (also with Jenny Runacre), based on Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius novel, which is similar in tone and sensibility.

#movies #jubilee 1978 #derek jarman #punk #new wave #jenny runacre #toyah willcox #nell campbell #pamela rooke #jordan mooney #linda spurrier #the final programme #jerry cornelius #if you think paramore and green day are punk this may not be for you #but you might learn something #music

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cinemapphic · 2 years

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JUBILEE (1978) Dir. Derek Jarman

#it's just me and my low res screencaps against the world #jubilee 1978 #movie stills #screencaps #derek jarman #scrapbook #movie diary 2022

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2189114reads · 4 months

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Teach Yourself History by Amyl Nitrate.

#jubilee: six film scripts #derek jarman #jubilee 1978 #currently reading #quotes

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nem0c · 1 year

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Jubilee (1978), dir. Derek Jarman

#jubilee 1978 #derek jarman #interview with Morrissey on inspirations for The Smiths

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phoneymedic · 2 years

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little nell as crabs in jubilee (1978), dir. derek jarman

“and the world’s your oyster, so swallow it!”

#little nell #jubilee 1978 #adam ant #crabs my beloved <33 #gifs #gifset #my gifs

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embeog · 7 months

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non binary drag thing named Amyll Nitrate

#Jubilee 1978 #Derek Jarman cooked

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somnambulists-symposium · 2 years

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celebrating the jubilee by watching Derek Jarman’s ‘Jubilee’ (1978), in which the queen is unceremoniously mugged and killed for the crown jewels and its very funny.

#slay #bod my beloved #jubilee 1978 #derek jarman #jubilee #the queen #royal jubilee

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winternymphaea · 3 months

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