The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”
Directing | Derek Jarman | Director |
Writing | William Shakespeare | Author |
Editing | Peter Cartwright | Editor |
Editing | Cerith Wyn Evans | Editor |
Production | James Mackay | Producer |
Production | Stuart Dolin | Production Manager |
Production | Christopher Hughes | Production Assistant |
Sound | Richard Anstead | Sound Editor |
Sound | Peter Christopherson | Sound Editor |
Camera | Alistair Thain | Still Photographer |
Editing | Tom Russell | Colorist |
Camera | Derek Jarman | Director of Photography |
Camera | James Mackay | Additional Director of Photography |
Sound | Adrian Fogarty | Sound Effects |
Sound | John Balance | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Peter Christopherson | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Stephen Thrower | Original Music Composer |