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starring: Dave Baby, Timothy Burke, Simon Costin, Christopher Hobbs, Philip McDonalddirected by: Derek Jarman
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303503639
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303503632
Label: Mystic Fire Video
Manufacturer: Mystic Fire Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mystic Fire Video
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 51886
Studio: Mystic Fire Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Those Who Dislike This Opus Do Not Understand It.
I find doing reviews and giving stars to rate works of cinematic art very difficult because the standards that each of us reviewers apply are obviously quite different. If a viewer is expecting to see some sort of terrifying series of images (prompted by some of the cover notes) - in other words, a kind of Vincent-Pricean flick - they s/he is going to be perplexed by the pace, the imagery, the monologue the symbolism, and the haunting bittersweet ending, then s/he will be utterly lost. If one is ... Read More
Rating:  - the angelic conversation
I just saw it after buying it used. i hated it. there is no dialogue except for a woman reading a poem and strange music. i only watched half the film and turned it off. i won't say what i really thought of this. maybe to someone it would be good but i didn't like it at all. i am sorry i bought it. i only bought it because it had a guy in it that i saw in another movie and loved.
Rating:  - -- TEA AND SODOMY --
I wanted to see this film because I'd owned the soundtrack for some time; COIL is one of my favorite bands. Frankly,I was a surprised by my viewing experience (surprised, because I had only ever seen one Jarman film prior to this one-- WITTGENSTEIN, a film with an comparably linear narrative structure). My impression of THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION is that it was a good idea on paper, and probably very cheap to produce, and someone owed Jarman a favor, and it was really a nice weekend to go for a ... Read More
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