Lovely production design and colors, especially for scenes where actors are the models for painter Caravaggio, including one with the Cardinal without his cassock! The young Tilda Swinton steals her scenes, as does Derek Fletcher playing young Caravaggio, Derek Jarman's jumps in time are disconcerting, e.g., use of a typewriter, an electronic calculator and even a scene in front of a parked truck in a garage.
Derek Jarman's casting is commendable picking actors who some 35 years later are the most sought after actors--Tilda Swinton and Sean Bean. I found Jarman's use of a white sheet as the background of the sitting Pope, quite amusing.
Derek Jarman's casting is commendable picking actors who some 35 years later are the most sought after actors--Tilda Swinton and Sean Bean. I found Jarman's use of a white sheet as the background of the sitting Pope, quite amusing.