Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. The project began during a trip to the Soviet Union sponsored by the British Film Institute in October 1984. Jarman was invited to present The Tempest in Moscow and Baku with fellow filmmaker Sally Potter and film theorist Peter Wollen and asked in return to make a short film for the London Film Festival in November.
Derek Jarman
Director, Writer
Angus Cook
Peter Doig
Toby Mott
Stephen Thrower
Keir Wahid
John Watkiss
Peter Wollen
The Tomorrow War75%
Blow-Up73%
Donnie Darko77%
Who Dares Wins63%
The Iron Giant79%
Chariots of Fire67%
North by Northwest79%
Rocky IV70%
The Midnight Meat Train61%
Primer67%
The Ron Clark Story76%
Night Train to Munich72%
Time Lapse65%
Cashback69%
Head in the Clouds59%
Stockholm58%
If Only70%
Swan Song71%
ARQ61%
Geostorm61%
