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The Last of England
Why this pick
Jarman intensifies Jubilee’s fractured, apocalyptic Britain into a lyrical collage of ruin, memory and rage, with similarly confrontational imagery and punk-era despair.
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MOVIE1978 1h 46m GBR
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The Apple
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Queen Elizabeth I (Jenny Runacre) is transported forward in time by the occultist John Dee (mathematician) (Richard O'Brien) by the aid of the spirit guide Ariel (The Tempest) (a character from William Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'') whom he commands. Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s. Queen Elizabeth II is dead, killed in an arbitrary robbery, and Elizabeth I moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the sporadic activities of a group of aimless nihilism, including Amyl nitrite (Jordan (Pamela Rooke)), Bod (Runacre in a dual role), Chaos (Hermine Demoriane), Crabs (Nell Campbell), and Mad (Toyah Willcox).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nell Campbell
Crabs (as Little Nell)
Toyah Willcox
Mad
Ian Charleson
Angel
Linda Spurrier
Viv
Adam Ant
Kid
David Brandon
Ariel
Claire Davenport
Customs Lady
Joyce Windsor
Bingo Lady