Orlando – The Film – 1993
Orlando is a 1992 film based on Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I. It was directed by Sally Potter.
It was particularly acclaimed for its visual treatment of the settings of Woolf’s 1928 novel. Potter chose to film much of the Constantinople portion of the book in the isolated city of Khiva in Uzbekistan, and made use of the forest of carved columns in the city’s 18th century Djuma Mosque.
The film premiered at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, in which it entered the main competition. Orlando was rereleased by Sony Pictures Classics in select theatres starting 6 August 2010.
Jimmy Somerville – Eliza is the fairest Queen |
Jimmy Somerville – Coming |
Making Of – Orlando |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Sally Potter’s Orlando. Published by Copyright Control / Virgin Music Jimmy Somerville appears courtesy of London Records. ℗ © 1993 Adventure Pictures. Manufactured by Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. Distributed by UNI Distribution Corp.