The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Year: 1988

Runtime: 42 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Kwietniowski

Drama

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love—spoken during the cross‑examination that culminated in his imprisonment and eventual death—is rendered in a striking visual format, with each word paired to a Mapplethorpe‑style image that brings the poetic phrasing to vivid, tactile life.

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