“Playful, witty, and moving, it is also one of Jarman's most accessible works.”-Vancouver Film Festival

One of the few films to have a philosopher as its main character, Jarman's imaginative and irreverent portrait of Wittgenstein follows on his earlier biopics excavating gay history, Caravaggio, Edward II, and Sebastiane. The Viennese-born philosopher's tortured feelings about his class, sexuality, and philosophy-as well as life in general-are revealed through his lectures to his students and conversations with fellow Cambridge luminaries Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. But like Jarman, Wittgenstein loved cinema. Jarman's minimalist yet stunningly colorful theatrical style is a masterpiece of economy.