Derek Jarmen portrayed Caravaggio as a rogue and showed how his hedonistic lifestyle related to his paintings; he tended to paint realisitically and portray life as he saw it, which at the time he was working, people didn't appreciate.
Some of his pieces which he painted for the church was often refused because of his rebel life style; this passion and rebelliousness was reflected strongly in the film.
The film was based on the story of his life; the theatre and stage settings were carefully constructued in a way that sometimes you thought you were staring at a painting, however it was just the actors posing in dim lights, standing perfectly still. It was really amazing how the screen play could depict such precision.It felt as though the film was showing a moving painting with every shot, deliberatly posed.
I did feel as though the film didn't really tell you that much about his work, more the face behind it although i guess Jarmen was trying to show the rebel behind the work and make us further understand his life and how this influenced his works. The film was interesting and I feel Caravaggio was portrayed as an extremely passionate artist.
The stories he made up that went with the maps were really far fetched and amusing (only because i did not realise he was making them up) but they just became REALLY irritating and i shut off from listening and watching.
The Jean-Luc Godard film was much more interesting, a shame it had subtitles as i felt i wanted to know what was being said, but lost concentration on the pictures. I thought it was a beautiful film, really deep and insightful. I remember specifically the end of the film where it showed the stages of painting and the different layering that it took on until it reached an outcome, which was intriguing to say the least, i could not believe how many times the painting was worked over until it was finished!!
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