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''Blue'' is the last film of director Derek Jarman ( 1942 - 1994 ). At the time when he made the film, he was Blind and dying of AIDS .

The film is his last testament as a film-maker, and consists of a single shot of saturated Blue colour filling the screen, as background to a soundtrack where Jarman describes his life and vision.

Channel 4 broadcast the film in Letterbox format - i. e., with black bands above and below the blue. On its television premiere, Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3 collaborated on a simultaneous broadcast so that viewers could enjoy a Stereo soundtrack. Radio 3 subsequently broadcast the soundtrack separately as a radio Play and it was also later released as a CD .

The soundtrack ends with the words:


In time,

No one will remember our work

Our life will pass like the traces of a cloud

And be scattered like

Mist that is chased by the

Rays of the sun

For our time is the passing of a shadow

And our lives will run like

Sparks through the stubble.


I place a delphinium, Blue, upon your grave


The film is yet to see release on DVD .


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