▁County ▁& ▁the ▁Electric ▁Ch airs , ▁Jordan , ▁Toy ah ▁Will co x , ▁and ▁Adam ▁and ▁the ▁An ts . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁followed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁by ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁The ▁Temp est . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Jar man ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁campaign er ▁against ▁Cla use ▁ 2 8 , ▁which ▁sought ▁to ▁ban ▁the ▁" prom otion " ▁of ▁hom osex ual ity ▁in ▁schools . ▁He ▁also ▁worked ▁to ▁raise ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁A ID S . ▁His ▁art istic ▁practice ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁reflected ▁these ▁commit ments , ▁especially ▁in ▁The ▁Angel ic ▁Con vers ation ▁( 1 9 8 5 ), ▁a ▁film ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁imag ery ▁is ▁accompanied ▁by ▁J udi ▁Den ch ' s ▁voice ▁rec iting ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁son net s . ▁ ▁Jar man ▁spent ▁seven ▁years ▁making ▁experimental ▁Super ▁ 8 mm ▁films ▁and ▁attempting ▁to ▁raise ▁money ▁for ▁Car av aggio ▁( he ▁later ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁re written ▁the ▁script ▁sevent een ▁times ▁during ▁this ▁period ). ▁Re leased ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁Car av aggio ▁attract ed ▁a ▁compar atively ▁wide ▁audience ; ▁it ▁is ▁still , ▁bar ring ▁the ▁cult ▁hit ▁J ub ile e , ▁probably ▁Jar man ' s ▁most ▁widely ▁known ▁work . ▁This ▁is ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁invol vement , ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁with ▁a