I dropped out of art school in 1980 to go work with Lindsay Kemp, who I had heard of because he had worked with David Bowie through the Ziggy Stardust phase.
I met him, approached him and said I wanted to work with him. I had worked in theater for a couple of years doing sets and costumes when I decided to look into working in film.
I’d seen Derek Jarman’s movies, “Sebastiane,” “Jubilee” and “The Tempest.” I thought they were amazing and they resonated with me.
I just did that thing that young people dare to do: I found his phone number through a friend of mine who frequented Heaven, which was the big gay mecca in Charing Cross.
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