#sebastiane by derek jarman

[pierppasolini]

Sebastiane (1976) // dir. Derek Jarman, Paul Humfress

[edenfeather]

"his white and matchless nudity gleams against a background of dusk. his muscular arms, the arms of a praetorian guard accustomed to bending of bow and wielding of sword, are raised at a graceful angle, and his bound wrists are crossed directly over his head. his face is turned slightly upward and his eyes are open wide, gazing with profound tranquility upon the glory of heaven. it is not pain that hovers about his straining chest, his tense abdomen, his slightly contorted hips but some flicker of melancholy pleasure like music."

"that day, the instant i looked upon the picture, my entire being trembled with some pagan joy. my blood soared up; my loins swelled as though in wrath. the monstrous part of me that was on the point of bursting awaited my use of it with unprecedented ardor, upbraiding me for my ignorance, panting indignantly"

"ever since becoming obsessed with the picture of st. sebastian, i had acquired the uncounscious habit of crossing my hands over my head whenever i happened to be undressed. mine was a frail body, without so much as a pale shadow of sebastian's abundant beauty. but now once more i spontaneously fell into the pose. as i did so my eyes went to my armpits. and a mysterious desire boiled up within me"

"one evening at dusk he had been stripped naked and taken to the grove on the hill. there he had been bound to a tree, both hands tied high over his head. the first arrow had pierced the side of his chest; the second, his armpit. the more i remembered the picture he had made that day, grasping the exercise-bar in preparation for the pull-up, the more i became convinced of his close affinity with st.sebastian".

quotes from "confessions of a mask" (1949) by yukio mishima x depictions of st. sebastian

[orfeoarte]

inspired by Sebastiane (1976) for @coyote-ralyn 's tesinktober, here's Ori bathed in Nature

[lastnunswithguns]

Japanese promitional flyer for Sebastiane (1976) dir. Derek Jarman. Source:

[victusinveritas]

Images of Saint Sebastian (who was beaten to death with clubs after shooting him full of arrows didn't work) and relics, and Muhammad Ali. All images from Wikipedia or Esquire Magazine.

[gregdotorg]

TIL World of Interiors has published the same story about visiting Derek Jarman at Prospect Cottage three times since 1989. And yet there's almost no info about this painting—not by Jarman, but by Robert Medley CBE RA, Jarman's painting teacher, who played Emperor Diocletian in Sebastiane (1976), Jarman's first feature film. Medley based the painting on his one scene from the movie.

Prospect Cottage is now open for interior tours as well as the garden.

[saintdomek]

[wiionme]

[ryanroach008]

Sebastiane (1976) dir. Paul Humfress and Derek Jarman | cinematography by Peter Middleton

[pierppasolini]

Sebastiane (1976) // dir. Derek Jarman, Paul Humfress

[tunasaladonwhite]

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[lenomcakes]

Sebastiane (1976) dir. Derek Jarman, Paul Humfress

[animalsisawinmovies]

goats 🐐

from 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘦 (1976)

dir. derek jarman + paul humfress

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[grecoromanyaoi]

my mutuals filling my dash with catholic saint showdown i literally dont know any of these people.

[dogdayaftersun]

sebastiane (1976) | dir. derek jarman & paul humfress