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  2. Peter Greenaway - Wikipedia

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    Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942 [1]) is a British film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Mannerist painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and ...

  3. Stairs 1 Geneva - Wikipedia

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    At the top of each staircase was a simple hole framing a "living picture postcard", a perfect "cinema-image by Peter Greenaway" accompanied by a commentary of one sentence in French and English, printed below the viewfinder. Greenaway's idea was to create a reflection on location in cinema and to "take films out of the theatres".

  4. A Zed & Two Noughts - Wikipedia

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    A Zed & Two Noughts is a 1985 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. This film was Greenaway's first collaboration with cinematographer Sacha Vierny, who went on to shoot virtually all of Greenaway's work in the 1980s and 1990s, until Vierny's death. Greenaway referred to Vierny as his "most important collaborator". [2]

  5. Category:Films directed by Peter Greenaway - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Films directed by Peter Greenaway" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  6. The Draughtsman's Contract - Wikipedia

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    The hands shown drawing in the film are Greenaway's own, as are the completed drawings. [6] The original cut of the film was about three hours long. The opening scene was about 30 minutes long and showed each character talking, at least once, with every other character. Possibly to make the film easier to watch, Greenaway edited it to 103 minutes.

  7. The Pillow Book (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers. The film is a melding of dark modern drama with idealised Chinese and Japanese cultural themes and settings, and centres on body painting.

  8. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Wikipedia

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    The film's original running time was 124 minutes. Due to the content, the MPAA gave Miramax a choice of either an X rating or go unrated (adults only) for theatrical release. Unrated was chosen in light of the X rating being more associated with pornographic films. Two versions of the film were released on VHS in the 1990s. One was an R-rated ...

  9. Prospero's Books - Wikipedia

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    Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters.