Newsletter: The Garden (1990)
In this personal essay on Derek Jarman, I revisit the filmmaker's home: Prospect Cottage.
I remember the first time I heard about Derek Jarman. His name wasn’t mentioned, only a word, a colour: Blue. My mum was talking about the films my grandma likes to watch, and she talked about her watching this film entirely consisting of a blue screen with a tone of bemusement. Why would anyone sit and stare at a blue screen, after all?
At that time, I …