Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8559 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-11-10
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Classical, Dolby, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 89 minutes

Special Features
Remastered from new High Defintion transfer

Remastered audio track 'Requiem for Jarman'

Recollection on the making of the film with producer Don Boyd and stars Tilda Swinton and Nat Parker

'War Requiem Live in Liverpoool' - A feature on the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's 2008 performance of Britten's masterpiece in Liverpool Cathedral.

Commentary with producer Don Boyd

Synopsis
A blend of Benjamin Britten's music, Wilfred Owen's poetry and Derek Jarman's stunning visuals. The film includes wartime footage drawn from the archives of the Imperial War Museum. It is based on the life of Wilfred Owen, the poet, who died in 1918.

Review
Jarman's finest achievement --The Observer

Customer Reviews

War Requiem
Moving - an expressionist interpretation rather than straightforward representative film: it's not an easy watch, more like a visual poem or abstract painting and you have to know some of Owen's biographical history to understand it.

moving anti-war piece
The combination of Benjamin Britten's powerful War Requiem, the poetry of Wilfred Owen and the acting and cinematography in this piece make for an intense experience. Jarman was not allowed to add a single word to the text of the requiem, yet he managed to make this work both a personal and a universal statement. Don't distract yourself with popcorn: give it your total attention. The images will haunt you.