The Last of England

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The Last of England ★★★½ 1987

A furious non-narrative film by avant-garde filmmaker Jarman, depicting the modern British landscape as a funereal, waste-filled rubble-heap—as depleted morally as it is environmentally. 87m/C VHS, DVD . GB Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring, Gerrard McArthur; D: Derek Jarman; W: Derek Jarman; C: Derek Jarman, Richard Helsop, Christopher Hughes; M: Simon Fisher Turner.

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