Film
Edward II
Sun, Oct 14, 2012
- 4:30PM
- 9:15PM
LOCATION:
Peter Jay Sharp Building
BAM Rose Cinemas
RUN TIME: 90min
FORMAT: 35mm
GENERAL ADMISSION: $12
BAM CINEMA CLUB MEMBERS: $7
STUDENTS/SENIORS:
$9 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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October 2012
Sunday October 14, 2012
Performances no longer available.
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2012
series Born in Flames: New Queer Cinema
Directed by Derek Jarman | 1991
With Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton
Scripted from Christopher Marlowe’s 1593 play, Edward II is a deliriously anachronistic, stylized portrait of the rise and fall of the titular king by UK cinema’s punk queer enfant terrible. Jarman amplifies the play’s gay subtext, contriving a brutal tale of contemporary homophobia and gay activism as Edward’s reckless and feckless devotion to his lover Gaveston enrages Queen Isabella (a chilly Swinton in increasingly flamboyant Hermès gowns) and drives her to conspiracy. Features a stirring performance of Cole Porter’s “Every Time We Say Goodbye” by Annie Lennox.