Film: Caravaggio

-How does Derek Jarman portray Caravaggio?

As a passionate and somewhat obsessive artist, both to his art and models.

-Do you think Derek Jarman is trying to make a point about the relationship between life and art with this film?

I think for Caravaggio, it was about the conflict between life and art, about how an artist can still foster so much passion into his works when the complexity of life is constantly battling for his attention.

-In what ways does Derek Jarman's film mimic the style of Caravaggio? In what ways does the film look like a Caravaggio painting?

There's the use of actors posing as still as an actual painting, with the infamous darkness of the room, the same darkness that is integral to Caravaggio's works.