Smiling In Slow Motion
Derek Jarman
These are the journals of the last years of the author's life as
he was dying of aids. The range and variety of his experiences
struck Jean, one day describing the small pleasures of his
Dungeness beach garden, the next recounting his astonishing
sexual exploits on Hampstead Heath in sometimes poignant terms.
He writes too about his art and paintings, the interesting social
circles, which he inhabited, and there are moving accounts of his
boyfriend's care for him. Derek Jarman's hospital experiences
also struck a familiar note with Jean. All of these elements are
interwoven in a most enjoyable way.
Highly recommended.
Jean 30/3/03
Doreen enjoyed the first 100 or so pages of this but then gave up
because she thought the rest would be exactly the same. Doreen
4/5/03
The frames have
gone all funny - click to make it good.