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Caravaggio

Actor(s): Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton
Director(s): Derek Jarman
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language
Movie Release: 1986
DVD Release: 06/24/2008
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Restored/Remastered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Members Wishing: 8
Genres: Drama, Period Film, Biopic [feature], Gay & Lesbian Films

DVD Synopsis

Writer/director Derek Jarman injects his patented iconoclasm in this biography of Renaissance artist Michelangelo Merisa da Caravaggio. Nigel Terry plays the title role, whom (according to Jarman) essentially told his own life story in his paintings. Caravaggio travelled among thieves and prostitutes, many of whom were his models. He once killed a man, kept a deaf/mute child as a virtual slave, and squandered every penny he ever made. That we should care anything about so miserable and obscure a personality is a tribute to Jarman's filmmaking savvy--and the number of elements from his own well-publicized life that he injects into the film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Actors

Nigel Terry - Caravaggio
Sean Bean - Rannuccio Thomasoni
Garry Cooper - Davide
Spencer Leigh - Jerusaleme
Tilda Swinton - Lena