Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780500516942)

Legendary filmmaker Derek Jarman recorded his life and work in highly detailed sketchbooks. Encompassing both the private and the professional, these offer a personal view into the life and career of a highly influential filmmaker and artist.

Drawn from the collection of handmade books that Jarman gave to the British Film Institute shortly before his death in 1994, Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks showcases the most insightful and beautiful pages. Each of the original volumes is composed of drawings, photographs, and cuttings; pressed flowers are set beside scrawled ideas, and carefully penned poems accompany typed and edited working scripts. These once-private books are an intimate pictorial record of the detailed planning and research and the creative and emotional engagement behind every scene in Jarman's films.

Author: Stephen Farthing
ISBN-10: 0500516944
ISBN-13: 9780500516942
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2013
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.07lbs
Size: 10.76h x 8.46w x 1.09d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/16/2013
New York Times Book Review 12/15/2013 pg. 30
Choice 05/01/2014