The Assassination of Pier Paolo Pasolini in the Garden of Earthly Delights by Derek Jarman
Jarman’s treatment takes as its subject matter the events leading up to and including the 1975 murder of the Italian film director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, following the making of his controversial last film Saló, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975).
The setting of the film takes as its inspiration the Dutch renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490-1500), a painting that depicts both the joys and dangers of temptation, and which Jarman encountered on a visit to the Museo de Prado in Madrid the year he began working on the project.
For the first time, the final draft of the film’s treatment is presented alongside reproductions from the film’s workbook, which show Jarman’s calligraphic notes towards the film’s sequences, themes, cinematography, lighting, sound, costume, casting and props.
Paperback / 96 pages