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  • The Pillow Book
  • The Pillow Book review by dougthom from Crawley
    Rated - 5.0 stars pure classic 8 April 2008
    ... a new toy). So you have a strong script, good actors which helps, but then add Peter Greenaways artistic tallent then you have pure art. Along with 'Prospero's Books' (on VH...   Read customer review
  • 8.1/2 Women
  • 8.1/2 Women review by from London, England
    Rated - 1.0 stars Greenaway .. Throw -away !! 29 August 2004
    ...Why, Oh Why, do I persist in trying to watch Peter Greenaway films ? Like most of his other films, this is utter arthouse bo****ks !! completely plotless, hopelessly disjoi...   Read customer review
  • The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 2
  • The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 2 review by A customer from U.K
    Rated - 5.0 stars Weird Avant Garde stuff! 31 December 2004
    ...There's a great feel to this picture, late 70s early 80s film work by Peter Greenaway. The editing Is superb, a lot of work went into this film, although some segments were a ...   Read customer review

Peter Greenaway - filmography


  • Nightwatching on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Toby Jones,  Jonathan Holmes,  Martin Freeman
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In 1642, the life of the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt takes a turn for the worst. He changes from a wealthy respected celebrity to a discredited pauper. His pregnant wife, Saskia, insists that he paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that would later become known as The ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 573 members
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  • 8.1/2 Women on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Elizabeth Berrington,  Natacha Amal,  John Standing
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Peter Greenaway's tale of sexual fantasies and blackmail. In Tokyo businessman Philip Emmenthal (John Standing) places his son Storey (Matthew Delamere) in charge of his eight and a half, recently acquired, pachinko parlours. When Storey's mother dies, he travels to his father's Geneva chateau to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 1,027 member
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  • The Pillow Book on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ken Mitsuishi,  Judy Ongg,  Ken Ogata
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Peter Greenaway directed this elliptical and visually intricate tale of the far side of erotic and intellectual attraction. As a girl, Nagiko would receive a special gift each year from her father: a calligrapher (Ken Ogata) who would carefully paint a poem on her face, as her aunt (Hideko Yoshida) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,349 members
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  • The Pillow Book - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Ken Mitsuishi,  Ewan McGregor,  Judy Ongg
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Japan in the 1970s, a calligrapher delicately writes a birthday greeting on his daughter's face. When the little girl grows up, she remembers the event with such fondness that she begins a search for a calligrapher-lover who will use her whole body as his personal paper. Eventually, she comes ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 100 members
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  • A TV Dante - The Inferno Cantos I-VIII (1989)
    Starring: Bob Peck,  John Gielgud
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A collaborative attempt by Tom Phillips and Peter Greenaway to bring to the screen one of the greatest and most widely known works of art in the history of Western civilisation, Dante's 'Inferno'. Using radical new techniques a rich televisual tapestry is created to illustrate and complement Dante'..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4 members
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  • Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    Starring: Bernard Hill,  Joan Plowright,  Joely Richardson
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 189 members
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  • A Zed and Two Noughts on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Jim Davidson,  Brian Deacon,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Peter Greenaway,  Peter Greena
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This twisted black comedy is obsessed in turn with swans, twins, and decay. Alba Bewick (Andréa Ferréol) is involved in a swan-related car accident near the zoo. The accident kills two other women, the wives of two twin zoologists, Oliver and Oswald Deuce (Brian and Eric Deacon). Alba is lucky ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,631 member
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  • A Zed And Two Noughts - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Jim Davidson,  Brian Deacon,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Peter Greenaway's surreal story has twin brothers (Brian and Eric Deacon), both zoologists, re-examining the meaning of life after a car accident involving a swan claims the lives of their wives. They study the decomposition of several animals with time-lapse photography, plot to liberate zoo ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 21 members
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  • The Draughtsman's Contract on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Janet Suzman,  Hugh Fraser,  Anthony Higgins
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Peter Greenaway's first fiction feature (after the mock-documentary The Falls) made him immediately famous and was named one of the most original films of the 1980s by British critics. The action is set in the director's beloved 17th century. Ambitious young artist Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins) is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,353 members
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  • The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 1 on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Peter Greenaway
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Six early shorts by the director of 'The Draughtsman's Contract' and 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover'. 'A Walk Through H' describes a series of 92 maps that guide a dead ornithologist on his way to the afterlife, whilst 'Windows' is the history of 37 people who have fallen to their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 456 members
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Peter Greenaway facts

5 most recent films

Nightwatching - 2.5 stars
8.1/2 Women - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Baby of Macon - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Drowning by Numbers - 4.0 stars
Prospero's Books - 3.5 stars
A Zed and Two Noughts - 3.0 stars
The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 2 - 3.0 stars
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A TV Dante - The Inferno Cantos I-VIII - 2.5 stars
A Zed And Two Noughts - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Belly of an Architect - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
8.1/2 Women - 2.5 stars
Nightwatching - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Vivian Wu - 6 times - show films
Jodhi May - 5 times - show films
Jim Davidson - 5 times - show films
Joss Ackland - 5 times - show films
Toby Jones - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Greena - 2 times - show films