Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. The project began during a trip to the Soviet Union sponsored by the British Film Institute in October 1984. Jarman was invited to present The Tempest in Moscow and Baku with fellow filmmaker Sally Potter and film theorist Peter Wollen and asked in return to make a short film for the London Film Festival in November.
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Angus Cook
Peter Doig
Derek Jarman
Genesis P-Orridge
Francesca Forbes Moffat
Toby Mott
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James Mackay
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Dynasty
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Stephen Thrower
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Keir Wahid
John Watkiss
Peter Wollen
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Derek Jarman Director
First release October 1, 1984 · Produced in United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
Release dates
Russia · October 1, 1984
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 1, 1989 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 11, 1984 · London Film Festival
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