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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:
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