EDWARD II

Gay director Derek Jarman’s Edward Ii revolves around King Edward's open homosexuality, which eventually led to his murder. The film is based on the Christopher Marlowe play about Britain's only acknowledged gay monarch (1307-1327), whose preference for his male lover over his queen created conflict with his barons and eventually led to civil war.

After his father's death, Edward II (Steve Waddington) infuriates his barons and his French queen, Isabella (Tilda Swinton), by sending for his lover Gaveston (Andrew Tiernan). Jarman has designed the movie to jar complacency. Edward and Gaveston talk while two naked men tangle erotically in the background. Annie Lennox pops up to serenade the lovers with the Cole Porter ballad "Every Time We Say Goodbye.” The elegant Isabella -- Swinton is a sexy, roaring wonder in the role -- becomes a gun-toting, bloodsucking vampire after losing her husband's affections. In showing the antigay prejudices behind Edward's violent fall, Jarman makes Edward II more than a visually arresting stunt; it's a piercing cry from the heart.

The king meets an ugly death that involves a red hot poker.That’s an image Jarman wants you to remember, and he succeeds. It’s impossible to forget.

Instead of lush historical settings, the film uses bare walls and dirt floors and puts the cast in modern dress, with contemporary police/military uniforms for the forces of repression.

The gay content of the play is also brought to the fore by Jarman, notably by adding a homosexual sex scene and by depicting Edward's army as gay rights protesters. The love between Edward and Gaveston engage in sexy makeout sessions surround by other gay guys getting it on, too. Edward is quite distracted from affairs of state, much to the distress and anger of the court (somber men in business suits) and his ignored queen Isabella. There are plans to be made, wars to be fought, but Edward is always off taking another tumble with Gaveston. The more the two of them cavort with their gay gang of buddies, the more everyone else in the royal household agrees that something has to be done.


Tilda Swinton

Director: Derek Jarman
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 90 minutes
Cast: Steven Waddington (Edward II), Kevin Collins (Lightborn, the Jailor), Andrew Tiernan (Piers Gaveston), John Lynch)Spencer), Dudley Sutton (Bishop of Winchester), Tilda Swinton (Isabella)
Country: England
IMDB (7 stars): www.imdb.com/title/tt0101798/

Language: English + Legendas em Português Brasileiro + Legendas Português + subtítulos en español

New York Times review: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9E0CE7DF153FF933A15750C0A964958260&oref=slogin

Trailer (Opens in Windows Media Player) http://mfile3.akamai.com/26419/asf/screenplay1.download.akamai.com/26417/streaming/123/e123443t.asx

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