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The Pillow Book review by dougthom from Crawley

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 review by from London, England

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 review by A customer from U.K

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: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle
Director: Peter Greenaway
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From renowned writer/director Peter Greenaway, Nightwatching is a theatrical, ironic costume drama about Rembrandt, his women and a conspiracy of foul murder in 'The Night Watch', the painting that both made and ruined him. Featuring a stellar cast, which includes Martin Freeman ("The Office"), Eva ..read more »

52% from 492 members

8.1/2 Women on DVD (1999)
Starring: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Another erotic comedy from Peter Greenaway, 8 1/2 WOMEN takes its inspiration from one of cinema's greatest films. After a businessman (John Standing) tragically loses his wife, his son (Matthew Delamere) returns to Geneva from managing a series of Pachinko Parlors in Kyoto, Japan. When the pair ..read more »

44% from 999 members

The Pillow Book - Blu-ray (1995)
Starring: Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor
Director: Peter Greenaway
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An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century erotica tome "The Pillow Book." But the tables are turned when ..read more »

53% from 79 members

The Pillow Book on DVD (1995)
Starring: Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor
Director: Peter Greenaway
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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 »

54% from 2,235 members

The Baby of Macon (1992)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond, Philip Stone
Director: Peter Greenaway
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A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place.

59% from 85 members
Currently unavailable

Prospero's Books (1991)
Starring: John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc
Director: Peter Greenaway
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A magician's spell, the innocence of young love and a dream of revenge unite to create a tempest.

71% from 73 members
Currently unavailable

A TV Dante - The Inferno Cantos I-VIII (1989)
Starring: John Gielgud, Bob Peck
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway's take on Dante's Inferno is a fascinating journey through a well-known classical work. The close-ups of Bob Peck (as Dante) and Sir John Gielgud (as Virgil, whom Dante has asked to be his guide to Hell) are accompanied by superimposed images of people, events, and animals mentioned ..read more »

60% from 2 members
Currently unavailable

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover on DVD (1989)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Richard Bohringer
Director: Peter Greenaway
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This is probably Peter Greenaway's most famous (or infamous) film, which first shocked audiences at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and then on both sides of the Atlantic. A gang leader (Michael Gambon), accompanied by his wife (Helen Mirren) and his associates, entertains himself every night in a ..read more »

61% from 6,271 members

Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Starring: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Joely Richardson
Director: Peter Greenaway
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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 »

76% from 175 members
Currently unavailable

The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson
Director: Peter Greenaway
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An American architect arrives in Italy, supervising an expedition for a French architect, Boullée, who is famous for his oval structures...

66% from 110 members
Due for release on 18th June 2012

A Zed and Two Noughts on DVD (1985)
Starring: Andrea Ferreol, Joss Ackland, Brian Deacon
Director: Peter Greenaway, Peter Greena
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The always elliptical Peter Greenaway once again creates a beautiful film-as-puzzle. This tale concerns twin zoologist brothers whose wives are killed in a freak car crash involving a rare swan. The brothers form an unusual and strangely close relationship with Alba, the woman who was driving the ..read more »

62% from 1,556 member

A Zed And Two Noughts - Blu-ray (1985)
Starring: Andrea Ferreol, Joss Ackland, Brian Deacon
Director: Peter Greenaway
Certificate:
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The always elliptical Peter Greenaway once again creates a beautiful film-as-puzzle. This tale concerns twin zoologist brothers whose wives are killed in a freak car crash involving a rare swan. The brothers form an unusual and strangely close relationship with Alba, the woman who was driving the ..read more »

57% from 12 members

The Draughtsman's Contract on DVD (1982)
Starring: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert
Director: Peter Greenaway
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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 »

61% from 5,150 members

The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 2 on DVD (1978)
Starring: Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Vertical Features Remake: A playful parody of avant-garde theorising, in which academics argue about the work of Tulse Luper, Greenaway's best-known fictional character. The Falls: Divided into 92 biographies of people who have all been affected by the "VUE", the Violent Unknown Event, a ..read more »

62% from 375 members

The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 1 on DVD (1969)
Starring: Peter Greenaway
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Featuring the titles 'A Walk Through H', 'H Is For House', 'Windows', 'Intervals', 'Dear Phone' and 'Water Wrackets'.

60% from 442 members

Peter Greenaway facts

5 most recent films

Nightwatching - 2.5 stars
8.1/2 Women - 2.0 stars
The Pillow Book - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - 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
The Belly of an Architect - 3.5 stars
A Zed and Two Noughts - 3.0 stars
The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 2 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Zed And Two Noughts - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
A TV Dante - The Inferno Cantos I-VIII - 3.0 stars
8.1/2 Women - 2.0 stars
Nightwatching - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jodhi May - 4 times - show films
Toby Jones - 4 times - show films
Agata Buzek - 4 times - show films
Emily Holmes - 4 times - show films
Martin Freeman - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Greena - 1 times - show films