In "Jubilee" an angel takes Queen Elizebeth of England 400 years into the future. What remains left is a bleak punk rock waste land, where rebellious punk rock girls kill for kicks and violence is an everyday part of life. A future where one man, Borgia Gins owns all the media including the record labels in which punk rock artists are signed to. A future where sex is meaningless and survival is a hardship. Decadent clubs of surreal blasphemy and gay orgies. Endless war in a police state environment. Not to mention a very young Adam Ant who signs his talent away for Thatcher-Tarian like luxury (How Ironic) "Jubilee" is one amazing, angry, poetic in your face film with great punk rock music and strong imagery. Derek Jarman's dark view of the future is more relevant today then it was 30 years ago. Substitute the words punk with Emo, Borgia Gins with Rupert Murdoch and England with the US; and Jubilee is almost like a prophecy. It's like "A Clockwork Orange" for punks. For some reason this film receives little attention. Thank God for Criterion's beautiful DVD release.
