The Belly of an Architect (1987) | Peter Greenaway

[deuxyeux1]

wow.

[jpck6616]

1 person got stomach cancer.

[kimmois1]

God the 80s were fucking incredible.

[danzwoot]

Retroprätenziöser Schois!

[brackets08]

I love Greenaway. Kraklite is his most humane creation. I remember reading that both of Greenaway's parents died from stomach cancer. Perhaps this is why Belly of an Architect is so moving.

[modernaught]

the symbolism could be dated! magnificent, spot on, but altogether unintended observation. love it!

[lamentate07]

some of the acting by the supporting cast is a little crummy, but Dennehy is magnificent, and the film is beautiful to look at.

the symbolism could be dated for hours on end ;-)

[DrLearyUSA]

This movie contains an immense minimalistic beauty musically and poetic cinematography having no equal match. I truly thank Peter Greenaway for giving me such a dream material...

[dmvc2008]

I saw this movie many years ago. The beauty of it! The music! Also, strangely - how good Brian Dennehy is. He IS this character.

[gefan3]

If not the best film I've ever seen then probably the most beautiful.

As for the music, to borrow a line from Amadeus; "Displace one note and there would be diminishment".

At around 0:40 a shot starts that pans along all the principal characters. If you've seen the film you'll understand there's some serious acting going on there without a word being spoken.

[gskndbrg]

Thank you for this clip! I saw the film on TV as a teenager, in the beginning of the 1990's. I've never seen it since. I remember it made me quite confused. Not to talk about Michael Nyman's music. Enigmatic!

[gskndbrg]

Post scriptum: The music's not by Mr Nyman. It's by Mr Wim Mertens, of course...

[kuwis]

I do agree. Wim mertens <3

[cococroft91]

quel bonheur!