Sebastiane
by Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman
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Actor: Barney James, Donald Dunham, Leonardo Treviglio, Neil Kennedy, Richard WarwickDirector: Derek Jarman, Paul Humfress
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language); Latin (Published)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Audience Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of Sebastiane
Movie Review: A Homoerotic Epic
Summary: 4 Stars
"Sebastiane"
A Homoerotic Epic
Amos Lassen
I understand that when Derek Jarman's "Sebastiane" was released in 1976 it caused quite uproar. It is not like a regular movie and is more of a fantasy that is soaked with homoerotic and sadomasochistic imagery which is played out against the beautiful Sardinian coast. The dialog is in Latin and it adds to the sense of mystery of the film. Hovering over the film is a sense of sexual desire and yearning. There is also a lot of bondage and torture. In fact, Leonardo Treviglio who plays Sebastiane, is dressed in a loin cloth and hanged by his wrists and flogged, burned, laid out spread-eagle under a burning sun and ultimately lanced with arrows. The lines between pleasure and pain are blurred as is the difference between lust and longing.
Derek Jarman is a visual artist and the film has more in common with Sebastiane's paintings than it does with his life. The film has to do more with sex than it does with history. The approach to homosexuality is interesting. No one is labeled or called homosexual and in the beginning sex seems to be depoliticized. There are acts and, as we know, acts are not, in themselves, political. The film is not predatory or accusative. Sebastiane is killed because of the lust of Severus who he refuses. But lust is not condemned in the film either--Anthony and Adrian are open lovers and there is a great deal of male nudity.
The movie is a lyrical love poem and it is beautiful to look at. The love/hate affair between Sebastiane and Severus is realistic as Jarman focuses on style over substance. Instead of a straightforward narrative, we have a contemplative poem of a homo-socio society where there are no visible women and men are allowed to be intimate with one another.
Again, this is not a movie that will appeal to everyone but what this movie did do was to open the doors to more open filmmaking in which audiences can see what they want.
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