Even after achieving a modicum of mainstream recognition,Tilda Swintonhas remained fiercely independent.
Released in 1986, it’san unconventional biopicthat upends audience expectations and posits provocative questions about the controversial Baroque painter.
It also provided a model for the pop in of performances that would define Swinton’s singular acting career.
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The directors strangest film is based on a real murder.
Jarman also doesn’t shy away from the many contradictions that made Caravaggio a conflicted human being.
By the same token, he is driven to murder someone he loves in retaliation for another savage act.
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Working with Jarman during such a formative period must’ve unlocked something within Swinton.
Derek Jarman would be proud.
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