▁in ▁on ▁Im ag ining ▁October ▁and ▁The ▁Angel ic ▁Con vers ation . ▁Car av aggio ▁was ▁entered ▁into ▁the ▁ 3 6 th ▁Berlin ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival , ▁where ▁it ▁won ▁the ▁Silver ▁Bear ▁for ▁an ▁out standing ▁single ▁achiev ement . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁film ▁to ▁result ▁from ▁this ▁new ▁semi - n arr ative ▁phase , ▁The ▁Last ▁of ▁England ▁told ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁a ▁country , ▁rav aged ▁by ▁its ▁own ▁internal ▁decay ▁and ▁the ▁economic ▁rest ruct uring ▁of ▁Th atch er ' s ▁government . ▁" W rench ingly ▁beautiful ▁… ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁command ing ▁works ▁of ▁personal ▁cinema ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 8 0 ' s ▁– ▁a ▁call ▁to ▁open ▁our ▁eyes ▁to ▁a ▁world ▁viol ated ▁by ▁gre ed ▁and ▁repr ession , ▁to ▁see ▁what ▁ir rev oc able ▁damage ▁has ▁been ▁wr ought ▁on ▁city , ▁coun tr ys ide ▁and ▁soul , ▁how ▁our ▁sk ies , ▁our ▁bodies , ▁have ▁turned ▁poison ous ", ▁wrote ▁a ▁Village ▁Vo ice ▁critic . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁Jar man ' s ▁film ▁War ▁Re qu iem ▁brought ▁Laur ence ▁Oliv ier ▁out ▁of ▁ret irement ▁for ▁what ▁would ▁be ▁Oliv ier ' s ▁last ▁screen ▁performance . ▁The ▁film ▁uses ▁Benjamin ▁Brit ten ' s ▁e pon ym ous ▁anti - war ▁requ iem ▁as ▁its ▁sound track ▁and ▁ju xt ap oses ▁violent ▁foot age ▁of ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁mass ▁for