on the other hand Bugsy Malone was good apart from the crepey bits
― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
just watched the cook, the thief, his wife, and her lover tonight - i can't get over how brilliant it was. just looked amazing, perfect music, and great performances by mirren and gambon. such a rich experience.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
I havent seen that film in years. I remember being quite drawn in by the amazing visuals and costumes/sets, but also appalled by the gory bits - esp where the bookseller is killed with his own books, urgh. I said to myself I didnt thnk I could ever watch it again on that basis, though I'm sure ive seen it since.
I used to love popping on Nyman soundtracks from his films all the time just as daytime background music.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
Cook, Thief... still one of my all time favorite movies and also gets the special 'has made me weep' star. I owe Greenaway forever for making it, Drowning By #s, and especially The Falls.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
also super cheap in HMV sale
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 3 January 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
do ppl still watch greenaway films
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Saturday, 13 October 2012 20:38 (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha! I came to this thread to ask if anyone remembered Peter Greenaway and his (mostly) shit films but distracted by nakh's user name of Oct 2013!
― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
i still fuck w/ his structural films e.g. the falls
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
the pretentious british filmmaker who hasn't made a film worth a damn is mike figgis
Parker made Bugsy Malone ergo he wins
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
i still love Greenaway in all his glossy inhuman glory tbh
― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:44 PM (2 years ago)
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Berlin reactions to PG's Eisenstein in Guanajuato
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-berlinale-2015-diary-7
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
Greenaway at his best is exhilarating, even tear-inducing if not in the usual way.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 12 February 2015 01:12 (nine years ago) link
vertical features remake might be my favourite but all the early shorts I've seen are good
― ogmor, Thursday, 12 February 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link
I watched The Draughstman’s Contract on criterion w basically no information other than the description and uh, what????
Liked it all right though.
― silby, Monday, 20 April 2020 05:42 (three years ago) link
Somehow, according to imdb, Peter Greenaway has two films in post-production and three in pre-production. Sometimes I wonder if his late career is funded by a high-end money laundering operation, but I guess he had the last laugh over Parker.
― Alba, Friday, 31 July 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
RIP and all but I cannot fathom choosing Parker over Greenaway (as the OP does) in a million years
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
Greenaway risks more, so he fails and succeeds more spectacularly.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
(not that i have seen much of his recent work besides that Eisenstein feature, which i was meh on)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link