A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Directing | Derek Jarman | Director |
Editing | Peter Cartwright | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Annie Symons | Costume Designer |
Production | James Mackay | Producer |
Writing | Derek Jarman | Writer |
Crew | Christopher Hughes | Lighting Camera |
Sound | Simon Fisher-Turner | Original Music Composer |
Production | Chris Harrison | Production Accountant |
Production | Nick Searle | Production Manager |
Production | Jo Scarlett Coriat | Production Assistant |
Production | Simon Goldberg | Production Consultant |
Production | Sarah Swords | Production Manager |
Directing | Matthew Evans | Assistant Director |
Directing | David Lewis | Second Assistant Director |
Directing | Ian Francis | Third Assistant Director |
Camera | Steve Farrer | Camera Operator |
Camera | Christopher Hughes | Camera Operator |
Camera | Derek Jarman | Camera Operator |
Camera | David Lewis | Additional Photography |
Camera | James Mackay | Additional Camera |
Camera | Nick Searle | Additional Photography |
Camera | Seamus McGarvey | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Guillame Lemoine | Clapper Loader |
Camera | Glynn Fielding | Grip |
Camera | Mick Duffield | Grip |
Art | Derek Brown | Production Design |
Art | Christopher Hobbs | Production Design |
Art | Michael Carter | Assistant Art Director |
Art | Robin Thistlethwaite | Construction Manager |
Crew | Annie LaPaz | Scenic Artist |
Art | Kevin Rowe | Art Department Assistant |
Art | Jonathan Wells | Art Department Assistant |
Art | Martyn Wilson | Art Department Assistant |
Production | Debbie MacWilliams | Casting |
Production | Michelle Guish | Casting |
Production | Simon Fisher-Turner | Extras Casting |
Production | Duncan Petrie | Producer's Assistant |
Crew | Hector Chronos | Production Office Assistant |
Crew | Adam Holden | Production Office Assistant |
Crew | Toby Kalikowski | Production Office Assistant |
Crew | James Norton | Production Office Assistant |
Camera | Liam Longman | Still Photographer |
Crew | Toby Rose | Unit Publicist |
Lighting | Keith Osbourne | Gaffer |
Lighting | Richard Holbrorow | Gaffer |
Lighting | Chris Bailey | Gaffer |
Lighting | Clive Freeth | Electrician |
Crew | George Cowan | Generator Operator |
Lighting | Drew Meldon | Rigging Gaffer |
Sound | Gary Desmond | Sound Recordist |
Costume & Make-Up | Pam Downe | Wardrobe Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Fanthorpe | Wardrobe Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Thelma Matthews | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Ayesshu Nuriddin | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | John Egan | Hair Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Billy Shabir | Hair Assistant |
Editing | Keith Collins | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Nigel Hadley | Online Editor |
Crew | Tom Russell | Telecine Colorist |
Sound | Nigel Holland | Sound Editor |
Sound | Marvin Black | Sound Engineer |
Sound | Richard Fettes | Assistant Sound Editor |
Sound | Bill Garlick | Foley Artist |
Sound | Beryl Mortimer | Foley Artist |
Sound | Andy Kennedy | Sound Effects |
Sound | Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Mick Boggis | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Dean Broderick | Music Arranger |
Sound | Marvin Black | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Richard Preston | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Martyn Bates | Musician |
Sound | Dean Broderick | Musician |
Sound | Glen Fox | Musician |
Sound | Paul Jayasinma | Musician |
Sound | Andrew Okrezeja | Musician |
Sound | Melanie Pappenheim | Musician |
Sound | Ian Shaw | Musician |
Sound | David Sinclair | Musician |
Sound | Brian Springbacrou | Musician |
Sound | Tito | Musician |
Sound | Hugh Webb | Musician |
Sound | Alexander Bălănescu | Musician |
Sound | Tony Hinnigan | Musician |
Sound | Jonathan Carney | Musician |
Sound | Kate Musker | Musician |
Sound | Mark Horn | Musician |
Crew | Dagmar Benke | Commissioning Editor |
Production | Takashi Asai | Executive Producer |
Camera | Richard Heslop | Camera Operator |
Camera | Derek Jarman | Director of Photography |