Book O'Dead
18th July 2012, 10:59
Has anyone else here seen any of the movies by this great English film maker?
http://www.petergreenawayevents.com/petergreenaway.html
I'm not sure which of his films I saw first, but here's a list of movies by director Greenaway I've seen at least once:
Prospero's Book (based on Wm. Shakespeare's "The Tempest"): It unfolds like an enormous picture book (with John Gieguld).
The Draughtsman's Contract, a 17th Century allegory: A 'who done it' about an opportunistic artists' dealings with a rich country squire's family.
A Zed & Two Naughts: Twin brothers lose their wives on the same night and fall in love with a double amputee. Great pictorial work with allusions to Vermeer and Darwin.
8-1/2 Women: Mostly a satirical homage to Fellini's '8-1/2'. A reflection on feminism and on the current male attitude regarding woman's role in society
The Pillow Book: Don't ask me what this movie is about, but it's very erotic, starring the guy who played the young Obi-Wan in more recent Star Wars movies.
The Belly Of The Architect: About an American obsessed with the failure of his work, his personal life and tormented by his fear of dying of stomach cancer.
In all but the "Belly of of the Architect" Greenaway's photography is sumptuous and almost every scene contains pictures fit to be framed in a fine arts gallery.
His subjects are somewhat obscure for the less-than-literate (like me) and are difficult to place in any one genre.
I think Greenaway is possibly the best exponent of Surrealist cinema that I know of since Luis Buñuel.
Here are more links about Greenaway as they appear in Google:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Greenaway
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000425/
http://www.petergreenaway.com/
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/peter-greenaway/biography/
http://www.petergreenawayevents.com/petergreenaway.html
I'm not sure which of his films I saw first, but here's a list of movies by director Greenaway I've seen at least once:
Prospero's Book (based on Wm. Shakespeare's "The Tempest"): It unfolds like an enormous picture book (with John Gieguld).
The Draughtsman's Contract, a 17th Century allegory: A 'who done it' about an opportunistic artists' dealings with a rich country squire's family.
A Zed & Two Naughts: Twin brothers lose their wives on the same night and fall in love with a double amputee. Great pictorial work with allusions to Vermeer and Darwin.
8-1/2 Women: Mostly a satirical homage to Fellini's '8-1/2'. A reflection on feminism and on the current male attitude regarding woman's role in society
The Pillow Book: Don't ask me what this movie is about, but it's very erotic, starring the guy who played the young Obi-Wan in more recent Star Wars movies.
The Belly Of The Architect: About an American obsessed with the failure of his work, his personal life and tormented by his fear of dying of stomach cancer.
In all but the "Belly of of the Architect" Greenaway's photography is sumptuous and almost every scene contains pictures fit to be framed in a fine arts gallery.
His subjects are somewhat obscure for the less-than-literate (like me) and are difficult to place in any one genre.
I think Greenaway is possibly the best exponent of Surrealist cinema that I know of since Luis Buñuel.
Here are more links about Greenaway as they appear in Google:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Greenaway
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000425/
http://www.petergreenaway.com/
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/peter-greenaway/biography/