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Derek Jarman Quotes

1942–1994 England

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (January 31, 1942 – February 19, 1994) was a British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. He is most known for his controversial films including Sebastiane (1975), the first film in Latin, Jubilee (1977) in which Queen Elizabeth I was transported to the punk contemporary England, and Blue (1993) which depicted his own suffering with AIDS.

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People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries."

On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have set my sights on the millennium and a world where we are all equal.

At Your Own Risk (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Derek Jarman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.