Derek Jarman The Authorised Biography - Tony Peake Musical Chaplin short 'The Rink' (1916)

Chaplin short 'The Rink' (1916)

director Jamil Dehlavi

Political corruption and human darkness are seen as the foundations on which the city was built

Exploding a seemingly simple premise – a nameless “cowboy” courier arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress – independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang’s Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive barrels through inspired genre deconstruction

With only an old coot as his deputy he enlists the help of a formerly sharp-shooting drunk and a young gunslinger to hold off the bad guys

Derek Jarman The Authorised Biography - Tony Peake Musical Chaplin short 'The Rink' (1916)'Derek Jarman: The Authorised Biography' by Tony Peake (630 page Haedback) A beautifully presented new edition of what is considered the definitive biography of the influential filmmaker artist. This edition features a new foreward by Olivia Laing and a new afterword by Jon Savage. Illustrated with images from the subjects life and work