A short film by Derek Jarman.
Costume
Fields changes outfits like he's racing the apocalypse.
Direction
Jarman's eye for theatrical excess already fully formed.
Production
Shot in Fields' actual flat — maximalism as lifestyle.
Director
Derek Jarman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Duggie Fields was a real figure in London's queer art scene, famous for living inside his own paintings. Jarman essentially documented a lifestyle, not a performance.
This was Jarman's second film, made for £200. The zero-budget maximalism became his signature — proving restriction breeds wilder creativity.
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