Peter Greenaway Movies

  • 1984
    Making a Splash

    Making a Splash

    Making a Splash

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    Film which explores the relationship of man to water, his mastery of the fear of drowning and accomplishments in swimming.

    Making a Splash
  • 1966
    Tree

    Tree

    Tree

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    An early short film by the renowned filmmaker and painter Peter Greenaway

    Tree
  • 2018
    The Greenaway Alphabet

    The Greenaway Alphabet

    The Greenaway Alphabet

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    The fascinations of filmmaker Peter Greenaway, whose motto is "art is life and life is art,"are captured like butterflies and arranged in an...

    The Greenaway Alphabet
  • 1973
    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    H Is for House

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    Ostensibly, a film about a child's pictorial alphabet stuck on the letter H.

    H Is for House
  • 1983
    The Sea in Their Blood

    The Sea in Their Blood

    The Sea in Their Blood

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    A film made for the Central Office of Information concerning Britain's coastline, with music by Michael Nyman.

    The Sea in Their Blood
  • 2009
    The Wedding at Cana

    The Wedding at Cana

    The Wedding at Cana

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    A short film by Peter Greenaway. It depicts the painting The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese, through mixed media and shows different...

    The Wedding at Cana
  • 1966
    Train

    Train

    Train

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    A mechanical ballet composed of footage of the last steam trains arriving to the Waterloo Station

    Train
  • 1981
    The Exile

    The Exile

    The Exile

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    Like plants, people can either thrive or wither when removed from their native soil, as this short film explores.

    The Exile
  • 1980
    Act of God

    Act of God

    Act of God

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    Documentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences...

    Act of God
  • 1999
    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

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    "Rosa", with a libretto by Peter Greenaway and score by Louis Andriessen, is the first in a projected series of 10 operas, each dealing with the...

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama
  • 2004
    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

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    Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria. In this film,...

    Close to Greenaway
  • 1992
    Rosa

    Rosa

    Rosa

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    A short film based on the work of choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

    Rosa
  • 2005
    Writing on Water

    Writing on Water

    Writing on Water

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    Calligraphy on water. The first joint work of director Peter Greenaway and composer David Lang.

    Writing on Water
  • 1991
    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

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    Dutch composer Louis Andriessen collaborates with director Peter Greenaway on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the...

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart
  • 1989
    Hubert Bals Handshake

    Hubert Bals Handshake

    Hubert Bals Handshake

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    Peter Greenaway remembers his first meeting with Rotterdam Film Festival director Hubert Bals.

    Hubert Bals Handshake
  • 1962
    Death of Sentiment

    Death of Sentiment

    Death of Sentiment

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    Greenaway's virtually unseen first film is described by the director as "a work of juvenalia" shot in four London cemeteries, focusing on "church...

    Death of Sentiment
  • 1981
    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

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    Commissioned by the COI, Peter Greenaway made a biographical short film about fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

    Zandra Rhodes
  • 1978
    Eddie Kidd

    Eddie Kidd

    Eddie Kidd

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    Stunt cyclist Eddie Kidd experiences the ups and downs of fame in this COI cinemagazine filmed at Beaulieu.

    Eddie Kidd
  • 1989
    Fear of Drowning

    Fear of Drowning

    Fear of Drowning

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    Peter Greenaway presents this "Commentary in one hundred parts" on Drowning by Numbers (1987), discussing and analyzing many of the film's more...

    Fear of Drowning
  • 1976
    Savile Row

    Savile Row

    Savile Row

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    Greenaway’s profile of one of Savile Row’s best-regarded tailoring establishments.

    Savile Row