
Overview:
The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”Status: | Released (1985-02-15) |
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Screen: | William Shakespeare |
Productions: | BFI, Channel 4 Television |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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- 5309: Judi Dench - (voice)
- 2390032: Paul Reynolds -
- 2390033: Philip Williamson -
- 2390034: Dave Baby -
- 2390035: Timothy Burke -
- 2390039: Simon Costin -
- 206531: Christopher Hobbs -
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- 86290: Derek Jarman - Director - Directing
- 6210: William Shakespeare - Author - Writing
- 62997: Peter Cartwright - Editor - Editing
- 1306326: Cerith Wyn Evans - Editor - Editing
- 1605817: James Mackay - Producer - Production
- 1837800: Stephen Thrower - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1359565: Adrian Fogarty - Sound Effects - Sound
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Paul Reynolds and Philip Williamson reminded me of silent film actors in this really quite poignant tale of homosexual longing, lust and pure love all complemented by a Shakesperian narrative consisting of fourteen of his sonnets read, emotively and vibrantly, by Judi Dench. The imag ....
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