The Films of Peter Greenaway

Sex, Death and Provocation (livre en anglais)

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de Douglas Keesey

Type: Etudes
Sujet: Réalisateur > Peter Greenaway
Mots Clés: Peter Greenaway, réalisateur, Grande-Bretagne
Année d'édition: 2006
Editeur: McFarland & Co
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 239 pages
18 x 25,5 cm

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-7864-2517-2
978-0-7864-2517-4

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Description de l'ouvrage :
British filmmaker Peter Greenaway says life offers only two subjects: “One is sex and the other is death.” Greenaway uses both and romanticizes neither; indeed, his goal is the antithesis of the sanitary and sentimental portrayal of humanity. Although his films have met with outrage from some viewers, cult audiences praise them for insightful messages: that people are detached from violence because they fail to see others’ bodies as identical to their own; that predatory capitalism has caused humans to lose sight of our shared physicality and mortality; and that taboos are simply a system allowing people to exercise power over others.

This book examines nine of Greenaway’s feature films, dedicating a chapter to each: The Draughtsman’s Contract; A Zed and Two Noughts; The Belly of an Architect; Drowning by Numbers; The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Prospero’s Books; The Baby of Mâcon; The Pillow Book; and 8 ½ Women. The author examines the characters and plot, studies the structure and elements of the story, explores Greenaway’s motives and reactions, and reveals audience reactions, including comments from viewers. A filmography lists films written and directed by Peter Greenaway from 1962 to 2004.

À propos de l'auteur :
Douglas Keesey is a professor of film and literature at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He lives in Cayucos.

Revue de Presse :
"an excellently documented and reasoned dissection of Greenaway’s films"—Midwest Book Review.

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