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I've been a closet fan of Peter Greenaway's since 1989 when I discovered his THE COOK THE THIEF HIS WIFE & HER LOVER at the Village theater here in Austin. And I'm positive that female Star Wars Episode One fans will instantly rush out to buy his PILLOWBOOK to have a look at Ewan yam!!! As for me, I've got my sites set on this flick which is sure to leave one in search of obscure adjectives when discussing the flick in...mixed company.
Star Wars Ep. 1 isn't the only highly anticipated movie due out in May 99. Peter Greenaway's
new film, "Eight and a Half Women", which recently wrapped shooting in Luxemburg and Japan,
will also make it's premiere then (probably in the Cannes film festival). I hope you're aware of
Mr. Greenaway's work, and after reading in your site about David Croenenberg, who shares
with Greenaway a similar inclination towards the bizzare and the fetishistic, I thought this might
interest you.
I found this exerpt, in which Greenaway himself tries to say what his film his about:
"In this film we have eight, or eight in a half, male sexual fantasies, which are of course
unacceptable, but still are a part of Western sexual tradition. I have uses this cliche, but not
without development, so it becomes quite complex.
So, to repeat: it's a hommage to Godard and Fellini, it's a film about the structure of film
language, and about politically incorrect male sexual fantasy."
"In this film, among ten characters there is only one really tragic
death, which is rare in my films. One woman commits a rather beautiful
suicide. Both male characters die happily..."
Which seems to be quite kinky and outrageous. Further on, Greenaway compared this film to his
previous, "Drowning by Numbers". This isn't really a spoiler, since most of Greenaways
characters seem to die eventually, it's just a matter of HOW.
And here are some photos from the Japanese shoot, found on
http://www.kiryu.co.jp/812women/Default.htm.
the 1st is from a hospital scene, the 2nd shows Greenaway himself in frony of a well lit set
piece.
Hope you enjoy this.
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God bless you, Harry, I love Greenaway too. It took me about two years of relentless searching to find Baby of Macon on video, and it is one of the jewels in my collection. (Asking yourself what Baby of Macon is? You probably haven't seen it - the North American reaction to it was even more virulent than is normal with Petey's films. I saw it at the Toronto Film Fest and my jaw hung open for a week - not just because of the cast, which includes pre-Hollywood Ralph Fiennes and Julia Ormond. Try to imagine a scene with Julia Ormond, naked and bloody, holding a scythe and standing over the body of a slaughtered bull. Go ahead. Just try.) BUT - what the hell is this doing on AICN? One of the things I love about Greenaway is how resolutely uncool he is. No matter how hard you try, Harry, a thing does not become cool simply because you say so.
(APOLOGY: Can you tell I haven't had anything to complain about recently? Talk about nitpicking! Sheesh!) -
Hey where can we get a copy of this intriguing video mister? I love Greenaway films - I recently saw DROWNING BY NUMBERS finally in 2 sittings... After I watched the first half i delifiously raved to all my friends that I was witnessing perhaps my new favorite film - a glorious spectacle of cunning visual gamesmanship.... and then the second half basically sucked. I'm excited tho at the prospect that he might be echoing and re-examining such a stimulating and completely unique film.
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I didn't know he was shooting in Japan...again. I admit he's got this special, uh, talent to put atrocities onto screen in a strangely fascinating way, like Pasolini did decades ago, and I loved BABY OF MACON, too. But PILLOW BOOK was soooooo disappointing to me. Ridiculousness and etremes seem to be his trademark, so I don't expect any reality from his film. Still, all his ideas about the Asian culture especially Japanese culture in the film looked so boringly dated and strictly from-the-Western-eyes stuff. And it's really irritating to see some idiotic Japanese actors appear to be willing to cooperate in making another disgrace to their own culture.
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