
From the distant 16th century, Queen Elisabeth I summons the spirit Ariel with the aid of the court's alchemist, the sage Doctor John Dee, to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London drowned in filth and plagued with crime. As a result, the Queen horrified with the vivid vision of a broken-down British Empire, asks to travel beyond the veil of time, some 400 years into the future, to see firsthand, that in this futuristic and horrendous new order, the capital is... (Full plot summary below)
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From the distant 16th century, Queen Elisabeth I summons the spirit Ariel with the aid of the court's alchemist, the sage Doctor John Dee, to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London drowned in filth and plagued with crime. As a result, the Queen horrified with the vivid vision of a broken-down British Empire, asks to travel beyond the veil of time, some 400 years into the future, to see firsthand, that in this futuristic and horrendous new order, the capital is overrun by a corrupt police and that an autonomous vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk, Bod, has declared a multi-levelled open war. Now that Britain is practically a wasteland, where is her Majesty, the righteous Queen Elisabeth II?
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzOne of the more bleak but imaginative nihilist films to come out of England in the 1970s. |
| PopMattersLee BroughtonIt would be easy to dismiss Jubilee as being an opportunistic mess but, with auteurs like Jarman, the default presumption is that everything onscreen is intentional and everything has some kind of meaning. |
| SFX MagazineIan BerrimanFlawed but fascinating, deliriously self-indulgent and perverse, it's the cinematic equivalent of having a mouthful of bile gobbed in your eye. |
| User ReviewDave Wamazing Derek Jarman pastiche of punk 1970's London a true masterpiece |
| User ReviewChris Yone of Jarman's earlier film, it has been classed the first official 'punk film' telling the story of a down spiraled, out of control britain. some interesting performances from Toyah Wilcox and Jack Birkett (orlando), and very thought provoking ideas from Jarman. i love the Super8 scene that Jarman spliced in 'Jordan's Dance'. it sums up the film so well. |
| User ReviewBranden WA true work of art. This strange experimental film is more like a painting than a film. Think Alejandro Jodorowsky gone post-punk. Experimental post-modern philosophical mind-fuck madness, 1970's British post-punk fashion, staged in post-apocalyptic hallucinatory settings. This film will forever influence my thinking as an experimental artist, as Derek Jarman has pushed boundaries into an abyss of newly found territory. Jarman has also worked with experimental musicians Throbbing Gristle on a super-8 project entitled 'In the Shadow of the Sun', and has been pushing boundaries long before 'experimental' became an entity of its own. One of the greatest filmmakers of the genre. |
| User ReviewMarshall EThe greatest Punk Rock movie ever! Mixes art, music, politics, social commentary, and philosophy with a chaotic story to create a cinematic masterpiece! |
| User ReviewMagenta F'Jubilee' is an excellent British film from the punk era. This is definitely a film for fans of obscure british cinema. Overall a wonderfully trashy, funny, bizarre film. |
| User ReviewWalter MGay orgies, girls on killing sprees, saturated neon everything... Punk. as. fuck. |
| User ReviewPrivate UI could watch this movie every day for the rest of my life. Jarman is a true master. |