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Blue Movie is a metric color-and-form trip orchestrated with psychedelic sounds, the latter is a symbolic story about individual/collective drug use, which can be read as a model for, or a critique of society ... Both Kren and Radax had experience with other art forms but were for the most part filmmakers. Adrian, on the other hand, was an artist and filmmaker and poet/writer. Adrian, in a sense, already defied any kind of brewer´s purity requirements through his diversified talents.
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Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.