num_pages: 256
description: Part autobiography and part social history: the acclaimed directors filmmaking process revealed through his private sketchbooks 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 Jarmans 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 Jarmans films. 200 color illustrations
language: English
title: Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks
publisher: Thames & Hudson