Muzyczne i literackie inspiracje w filmach Dereka Jarmana oraz Sally Potter

Music and Literature Inspirations in Films by Derek Jarman and by Sally PotterBritish film historians argues that both Derek Jarman and Sally Potter belong to the group of “excluded artists” constituted by either queer or feminist avant-garde authors. They have been consistently expressing themselves in such an original form, that can be called “the hybrid film”, combining performance art, video, music, dance and images. Both Jarman and Potter put in question firstly the importance and the value of British heritage and cultural tradition, secondly the language and status of cinema. Moreover, they were in deliberate revolt against conventional patterns of expression, among which the question of sexuality and gender identity was placed.Re-using structures typical of narrative cinema, avant-garde, and literary and arts tradition they emphasised the uniqueness of each individual and the distance that can exist between the individual and dominant patterns (of identity, self-stories, gender, authorship etc.). The text examines three different aspects of Jarman and Potter’s films, including the issue of: