The Films of Peter Greenaway: Sex, Death and Provocation

by Douglas Keesey

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786425172
• ISBN13: 9780786425174
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher