Visionary British writer and director Peter Greenaway delivered a visually stunning film with his definitive masterpiece. A vicious brute owns a French restaurant where he terrifies and abuses his staff and the guests until his abused wife rises against him. Greenaway brilliantly uses the microcosm of gourmet restaurant to share his world view of social injustice where the tyrants abuse the weak in the open stage for everybody to view but nobody daring to do anything about it. Social commentary has never been treated this way before where art and politics share the stage in most blunt way possible. Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren star with stellar performances. Greenaway assembled a magnificent team of artists for his masterpiece that includes production designers Ben van Os and Jan Roelfs, costume designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, cinematographer Sacha Vierney and composer Michael Nyman amongst others. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Visionary British writer and director Peter Greenaway delivered a visually stunning film with his definitive masterpiece. A vicious brute owns a French restaurant where he terrifies and abuses his staff and the guests until his abused wife rises against him. Greenaway brilliantly uses the microcosm of gourmet restaurant to share his world view of social injustice where the tyrants abuse the weak in the open stage for everybody to view but nobody daring to do anything about it. Social commentary has never been treated this way before where art and politics share the stage in most blunt way possible. Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren star with stellar performances. Greenaway assembled a magnificent team of artists for his masterpiece that includes production designers Ben van Os and Jan Roelfs, costume designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, cinematographer Sacha Vierney and composer Michael Nyman amongst others. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
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