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Synopsis
Half waking dream and half fiery polemic, The Garden was born of director Jarman’s rage over continued anti-gay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis—he had been diagnosed HIV positive in 1988. The film shows the filmmaker’s genius at its most coruscating, making space in its breadth of vision for an over-the-top Hollywood-style musical number, nightmare images of tar-and-feather queer persecution, and footage of the particularly menacing-looking nuclear power plant that overlooks Jarman’s own garden, the point from which his film begins, and a cherished spot which he must keep to tending even as his body begins to betray him. Writhing with sorrow and anger, and yet so vividly alive to the loveliness of being, The Garden is a baleful and beautiful epistle from the brink of the beyond.
Metrics
| Legs: | 4.39 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $5,886 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 17,601-17,700) | 17,625 | $5,006 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 36,401-36,500) | 36,435 | $5,006 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | 1990 (Limited) by International Film Circuit May 28th, 2019 (Limited) by Zeitgeist, released as The Garden (1990) (Re-Release) |
| Video Release: | August 27th, 2019 by Zeitgeist Home |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated Unrated |
| Running Time: | 95 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Experimental Film, LGBTQ+, Surrealism / Absurdism, Limited Dialogue, Voiceover/Narration |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Production Countries: | Germany, Japan, United Kingdom |
| Languages: | English |