Derek Jarman's 1979 version of Shakespeare's final play is suitably 'camp' and 'punk', starring Toyah Willcox and Heathcote Williams, and culminating in Elisabeth Welch singing "Stormy Weather" to a bunch of jolly sailors. It's visually flamboyant and wants badly to be sexy, but it's aged dreadfully...
Derek Jarman’s 1979 version of Shakespeare’s final play is suitably ‘camp’ and ‘punk’, starring Toyah Willcox and Heathcote Williams, and culminating in Elisabeth Welch singing “Stormy Weather” to a bunch of jolly sailors. It’s visually flamboyant and wants badly to be sexy, but it’s aged dreadfully, and its shock tactics seem a bit silly now.
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