Derek Jarmen's Portrayal of Caravaggio

The Caravaggio film was very much about his lifestyle (particularly his sexuality) rather than his painting, I think that this was due to the fact that Derek Jarmen is a homosexual as well. I think that it showed how he rebelled against the church and painting was his escape. He would use commen everyday people such as prostitutes to pose for his paintings and I think this shows the style in which Caravaggio painted, which was to paint life as he saw it. The film allows you to see into Caravaggio's life and the way in which he painted, I think that if you know about someones life it becomes a lot easier to understand why they painted the way and the things the did.
I thought that the film was really fascinating in the way that lighting which was used made the film very theatrical. Most of the scenes looked like a painting and it wasn't until one of the actors moved did you realise that it was the charactors posing for a painting.