Blue is the last film of director Derek Jarman (1942-1994). At the time when he made the film, he was blind and dying of AIDS. Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 - February 19, 1994) was a British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... This article is about the year. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... See also Blindness (novel) Blindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking visual perception. ... The Red Ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV positive people and those living with AIDS. AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is defined as a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the depletion of the immune system caused...

The film is his last testament as a film-maker, and consists of a single shot of saturated blue colour filling the screen, as background to a soundtrack where Jarman describes his life and vision. For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation) Blue is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength range (about 420-490 nanometres) of the three primary colors. ...

Channel 4 broadcast the film in letterbox format - i. e., with black bands above and below the blue. On its television premiere, Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3 collaborated on a simultaneous broadcast so that viewers could enjoy a stereo soundtrack. Radio 3 subsequently broadcast the soundtrack separately as a radio play and it was also later released as a CD. Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Letterboxing is the practice of copying widescreen film to video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio. ... BBC Radio 3 is a domestic UK BBC radio station, which devotes most of its schedule to classical music. ... In popular usage, stereo generally to dual-channel sound recording and sound reproduction – sound that contains data for more than one speaker simultaneously. ... A play is a common form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading. ... Interference colors. ...

The soundtrack ends with the words:

In time,
No one will remember our work
Our life will pass like the traces of a cloud
And be scattered like
Mist that is chased by the
Rays of the sun
For our time is the passing of a shadow
And our lives will run like
Sparks through the stubble.
I place a delphinium, Blue, upon your grave

The film is yet to see release on DVD. DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

External links

• A review of Blue
• Text of Jarman's soundtrack for the film Blue

There are a number of other movies entitled Blue. Please see Blue (disambiguation) Look up blue on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...