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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary Twenty years after the death of Derek Jarman, a heretofore unknown Jarman film comes to light. Found by friend Ron Peck, Jarman shot inside Benjy's, a now closed gay nightclub in east London. The film is shown in it's 78 minute unedited glory, meant to be experimental footage to assist friend Peck for the future filming of ...

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 18 m

Will You Dance with Me?

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary Twenty years after the death of Derek Jarman, a heretofore unknown Jarman film comes to light. Found by friend Ron Peck, Jarman shot inside Benjy's, a now closed gay nightclub in east London. The film is shown in it's 78 minute unedited glory, meant to be experimental footage to assist friend Peck for the future filming of ...

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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90
Aug 4, 2016
An awkward, frequently transcendent document whose sense of rhythm, purpose, and narrative is as unlikely as it is ultimately persuasive, and whose fascination with moments of haunted impermanence signals, perhaps more than anything else, the mark of its maker.
By Michelle Orange FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 25, 2016
At some point, we realize we've stopped counting the '80s dance hits we recognize (or trying to figure out when that Frankie Goes to Hollywood remix will end) and have become invested in the social lives of the men and women on camera.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 11, 2016
This is not a picture about which extravagant claims ought to be made; it really is, in the end, an hour and change in a London disco in 1984. But as a page from an artist’s notebook, and a time capsule curio, it rates pretty high.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 1, 2016
Derek Jarman's footage speaks to the freedoms afforded by the combination of a darkened dance floor and like-minded people.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company British Film Institute (BFI)
Release Date Aug 5, 2016
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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