The Cook, The Thief, his wife and her lover!

After just one watch of The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover- some would say that was more than enough!! I however, wouldn't rush to watch the film again, but something about it makes it intriguing, you want to stop watching but somehow you get drawn into the whole idea of it. I could easily break the film down into 2 elements; the story and the look of the film, more so the colour. One doesn't work without the other, you have one eye on what is going on and the other watching for the use of colours; which are so rich and grand you can't help be drawn into this 'seedy, underground' world. The colour not only determines the mood of the scene, but the colours are so powerful they almost drag you into the scene, you feel how the colours make you feel too.

I am certainly interested now to look into more of the works of Peter Greenaway to see what kind of film-maker he is; whether he is experimental or sticks to the same 'angle' all the time!