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Garden of Luxor
UNITED KINGDOM · 1973

Garden of Luxor

Derek Jarman
Egyptian mysticism avant-garde cinema superimposed imagery surrealism destruction and tranquility
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Synopsis

A silent avant-garde experience created by Derek Jarman, filled with superimposed images forming a whole picture. His palette consists mostly of reddish random images of Egypt and the pyramids; a strange garden destroyed from time to time by a man with a whip; a young peaceful man relaxing on the floor; other smoking and eating insects. This is Jarman's view of the Garden of Luxor and its mysterie

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