| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): .flv file, sound |
| Summary |
A car collides with a swan outside a zoo. Two women passengers die but the driver, Alba Bewick survives with a leg amputation. Obsessed with the accident, the zoologist husbands of the dead women â#x80;#x93; twins Oliver and Oswald â#x80;#x93; become fascinated by the processes of decay and embark on an affair with the amputee. As dead animals decompose to the playful rhythms of Michael Nyman, symmetry is elevated beyond obsession, and Sascha Vierny's cinematography pays homage to Vermeer. Full of surprises and magnificent conundrums, Peter Greenaway's third feature is as perversely comic and teasing as it is shocking. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and **New York Film Festival**. *"An enjoyably decadent, ridiculously convoluted thingamajig." - Nathan Lee, **Village Voice*** |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
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In Process Record |
| Performer |
Andrea Ferréol, Brian Deacon, David Attenborough, Eric Deacon, Frances Barber |
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Originally produced by British Film Institute in 1985 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Cult films.
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Independent films.
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Drama.
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Comedy.
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Motion pictures.
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plays (performing arts compositions)
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comedy plays.
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Comedy.
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Cult films.
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Drama.
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Independent films.
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Motion pictures.
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Great Britain.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Greenaway, Peter, film director
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Ferréol, Andrea, actor
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Deacon, Brian, actor
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Attenborough, David, actor
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Deacon, Eric, actor
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Barber, Frances, actor
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British Film Institute (Firm),
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Kanopy (Firm)
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