I was considering watching either Prospero's Books or The Pillow Book tonight, because I've been meaning to watch more Peter Greenaway lately. I went with the latter because it seemed a little less challenging, but from what I can tell, both films are pretty wild/experimental stylistically. I'll get around to Prospero's Books eventually, and I guess time will tell if that one's somehow even stranger than The Pillow Book.
I knew what to expect (roughly) thematically and narratively, but I guess the visuals caught me off-guard. Greenaway makes this film look unlike much else out there (besides some of his other 1990s work I guess), and it's overall difficult to get used to. It's even harder to describe. I don't know what the words are, but the style of this is just crazy.
I didn't love it, but I respect it. There's a vision here and it's one that's realized in an uncompromising and often graphic fashion, for better or worse... and I don't know what's more Peter Greenaway than that.
I knew what to expect (roughly) thematically and narratively, but I guess the visuals caught me off-guard. Greenaway makes this film look unlike much else out there (besides some of his other 1990s work I guess), and it's overall difficult to get used to. It's even harder to describe. I don't know what the words are, but the style of this is just crazy.
I didn't love it, but I respect it. There's a vision here and it's one that's realized in an uncompromising and often graphic fashion, for better or worse... and I don't know what's more Peter Greenaway than that.