Before the Fall

May 26, 2003 — Transcription of a speech given by long-time Derek Jarman collaborator and friend, actress Tilda Swinton

The writer-director of Europa Europa and Green Border talks about Agnès Varda’s influence on women in cinema, praises contemporary masterworks like Parasite and Anatomy of a Fall, and shares why she always returns to Diamonds of the Night before making...

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