The Angelic Conversation (film)

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The Angelic Conversation
Directed by	Derek Jarman
Produced by	British Film Institute
Written by	William Shakespeare (Sonnets)
Narrated by	Judi Dench
Starring	Paul Reynolds Phillip Williamson
Music by	Coil
Cinematography	Derek Jarman
Release date(s)	1985
Running time	78 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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The Angelic Conversation is a 1985 arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving photographic images and Shakespeare's sonnets read by Judi Dench. The film consists primarily of images of gay sexuality and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires.

Jarman himself described the film as:

"a dream world, a world of magic and ritual, yet there are images there of the burning cars and radar systems, which remind you there is a price to be paid in order to gain this dream in the face of a world of violence."^[1]

The soundtrack to the film was composed and performed by Coil, and it was released as an album of the same title.