▁the ▁dead ▁and ▁the ▁passion ate ▁human ist ▁poetry ▁of ▁Wil fred ▁O wen . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁his ▁film ▁The ▁Garden , ▁Jar man ▁became ▁seriously ▁ill . ▁Although ▁he ▁recovered ▁sufficiently ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁work , ▁he ▁never ▁attempted ▁anything ▁on ▁a ▁compar able ▁scale ▁afterwards , ▁returning ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁p ared - down ▁form ▁for ▁his ▁con cluding ▁narr ative ▁films , ▁Edward ▁II ▁( per haps ▁his ▁most ▁polit ically ▁out sp oken ▁work , ▁informed ▁by ▁his ▁que er ▁activ ism ) ▁and ▁the ▁Bre cht ian ▁W itt gen stein , ▁a ▁del icate ▁trag ic om edy ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁Ludwig ▁W itt gen stein . ▁Jar man ▁made ▁a ▁side ▁income ▁by ▁direct ing ▁music ▁videos ▁for ▁various ▁artists , ▁including ▁Marian ne ▁Fa ith full , ▁the ▁Smith s ▁and ▁the ▁Pet ▁Sh op ▁Boys . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁film ▁Blue , ▁Jar man ▁was ▁losing ▁his ▁sight ▁and ▁dying ▁of ▁A ID S - related ▁comp lications . ▁Blue ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁shot ▁of ▁s atur ated ▁blue ▁colour ▁filling ▁the ▁screen , ▁as ▁background ▁to ▁a ▁sound track ▁composed ▁by ▁Simon ▁Fish er ▁Turner , ▁and ▁featuring ▁original ▁music ▁by ▁Co il ▁and ▁other ▁artists , ▁in ▁which ▁Jar man ▁describes ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁vision . ▁When ▁it ▁was ▁shown ▁on ▁British ▁television , ▁Channel ▁ 4 ▁carried ▁the ▁image ▁whilst ▁the ▁sound track