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	Films by Peter Greenaway / about 22. 9. - 3.10. 2000 Slovenian Cinematheque, Komuna Cinema, Kompas Cinema Slovenska kinoteka Friday, 22. 9. at 10 pm first screening of the Serendipity One project "Peter Greenaway in Ljubljana" The Pillow Book Great Britain/ France/ The Netherlands, 1996, 120 mins, black&white/colour, 35mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Sacha Vierny music Michael Nyman sound Garth Marshall costumes Emi Wada editor Chris Wyatt, Peter Greenaway cast Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Hideko Yoshida, Judy Ongg, Ken Mitsuishi, Yutaka Honda, Barbara Lott, Hisashi Hidaka, Dehong Chen language English, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin Kyoto, Japan, 1970. A calligrapher paints birthday congratulations onto the face of his daughter Nagiko. When Nagiko becomes a woman, she seeks an ideal calligrapher-lover who would use her entire body as paper. After many disappointments she meets the English translator Jerome, who convinces her to become a pen instead of paper. She writes onto his body, and he presents her writings on his body to the publisher. But jealousy sets in their passionate relationship and dramatically destroys it. Slovenska kinoteka, Saturday, 23.9. at 8 pm The Draughtsman's Contract Great Britain, 1982, 103 mins, colour, 35mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Curtis Clark music Michael Nyman sound Godfrey Kirby editor John Wilson cast Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, Dave Hill, David Grant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicholas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda Marchal, Michael Feast language English A noble mansion in the English countryside, August 1694. At an evening reception the landlord's wife, Lady Herbert, signs a contract with an arrogant young artist Neville assigning him to make twelve drawings of their property, house and garden, while her husband is away. The contract includes a special clause requested by the draughtsman -sexual services of the hostess. After a few days of hard work the draughtsman becomes an instrument of other's wishes and intentions, which turn into a secret plot, violence and murder. Cinema Komuna, Monday 25.9. at 9.30 pm The Pillow Book a screeing with a guest, Peter Greenaway Slovenska kinoteka, Tuesday, 26.9. at 6 pm Prospero's Books Great Britain/ The Netherlands/ France/ Italy, 1991, 124 mins, colour, 35 mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway (after The Tempest by William Shakespeare) photography Sacha Vierny music Michael Nyman sound Chris Wyatt, Garth Marschall editor Marina Bodbijl cast John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson, Isabelle Pasco, Tom Bell language English The cast-out wizard goes to great length to take revenge on his enemies, but his own daughter impairs his plans by falling in love with a son of the wizard's sworn enemy. The innocent fresh love, old man's bitterness and magical spells combine in the bountiful, visually amazing and controversial film, a bold adaptation of the original Shakespeare's text. Cinema Komuna, Tuesday, 26.9. at 11 pm A Slovenian Premiere 8 1/2 Women The Netherlands/ Luxemburg/ Germany/ Great Britain, 1999, 120 mins, colour, 35 mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Sacha Vierny, Reinier van Brummelen sound Garth Marshall editor Elmer Leupen cast John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Barbara Sarafian, Kirina Mano, Toni Collette, Amanda Plummer, Natacha Amal, Manna Fujiwara, Polly Walker language English A young man Storey persists in his intention to take his widowed father Philip to see the cult Fellini film, 8 1/2 (1963), which is to blow away his sorrow. The father, however, does not take much interest in film, but rather tends to talk about sex, men and women... Cinema Kompas, Wednesday, 27. 9. at 7 pm The Baby of Mâcon Belgium/ France/ Germany/ Great Britain, 1993, 120 mins, colour, 35 mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Sacha Vierny music John Blow, Arcangelo Corelli, Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell montage/editor Chris Wyatt cast Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey, Don Henderson, Jeff Nuttal, Jessica Stevenson language and translation English A child is born to a young mother, presumably a virgin, and the celebration begins. The wonderful gift of God soon transforms in a tragedy and finally a murder. This is a film about corruption at all social levels. A remarkable "theatrical" setting, minimalist action, colourful dialogues and Greenaway's shocking conception turn the film (particularly its end) into something quite unforgettable. Slovenska kinoteka, Wednesday 27.9. at 10 pm Windows Great Britain, 1975, 4 mins, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway A combination of statistical data about 37 persons who either fell or jumped through windows during one year and in one municipality, and pictures of a Greenaway country- house window, with a voice narrating information on these people against the sounds of harpsichord. H is for House Great Britain, 1978, 9 mins, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway A family in the garden of an English country house on a summer day. Greenaway recites, with the help of his daughter, the alphabet filled with puns, rhymes and unusual phrases. Three ironic anecdotes about the transitoriness of time, movement of the sun, and directions of the heavens are woven in the alphabet. Dear Phone Great Britain, 1976, 17 mins, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway A larger number of hardly believable stories (or fantasies?) about persons with initial letters H. C. and their unusual uses of telephone. Pictures of telephone boxes in different places, constant ringing of the phone, taped and erased messages, cut-off telephone conversations, and similar, express the idea that our everyday life is ruled by imperious telephones. A Walk through H Great Britain, 1978, 42 mins, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway music Michael Nyman One of the finest British short films of the decade, resisting all explanation and description. A witty criss-cross between Borges and Disney, with the dreamy music by Michael Nyman. The film was made after the death of Greenaway's father. Vertical Feature Remake Great Britain, 1978, 45 mins, 16mm directed by Peter Greenaway music Michael Nyman We witness the endeavours of the fictitious Reclamation and Restoration Institute in its reconstruction of the study by the ornithologist Tulse Luper about the aesthetical and ecological meaning of trees, poles and other vertical elements of the English landscape. Slovenska kinoteka, Thursday 28.9. at 9 pm - a film presented by the author The Falls Great Britain, 1980, 185 mins, colour, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Mike Coles, John Rosenberg, Bert Walker music Michael Nyman sound Brian Eno, John Hyde, Keith Pendlebury editor Peter Greenaway cast Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray, Lorna Poulter, Patricia Carr, Adam Leys, Mary Howard, Sheila Canfield, Evelyn Owen language English Stories of exactly 92 persons whose name begins with the prefix "Fall". Reports on people with their different biographies, randomly taken from the last edition of the Violent Unknown Event Standard Directory, which has definitely changed the life as we know it. These short biographies (rarely longer than five minutes) differ in the details of presentation, narrative style and contents. A fascinating collage of puzzles, acrostics, bizarre images, unexpected turns, and romanticism. Slovenska kinoteka, Friday 29.9. at 10 pm Act of God Great Britain, 1981, 25 mins, colour, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway A combination of credible interviews and fictional stories about experiences and perceptions of thunderbolts and statistical calculations of the released forces, accompanied with shots of roaming clouds, images of lightnings, a naked burned body, and similar. Making a Splash Breat Britain, 1984, 25 mins, coulour, beta directed by Peter Greenaway A remarkably original "opera dedicated to water". Greenaway gradually introduces the medium of water into the film; its climax is the presentation of man's fear of drowning, which transforms into the perfectly skilful art of swimming combined with the presentation of the sports from 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Fear of Drowning Breat Britain, 1988, 26 mins, colour, beta directed by Peter Greenaway With his own voice Greenaway presents "a commentary in hundred parts" on the shooting of his film Drowning by Numbers (1987). He discusses and analyses characteristics and features of the filmed sequences. Water Wrackets Great Britain, 1975, 12 mins, colour, 16 mm directed by Peter Greenaway Serial images of water and pictures of lakes, changing with those of running and stagnant water, reflections, waves, and raindrops. The sound (only sometimes accentuated by a corresponding picture) is composed of a voice reciting a fictional historic account and accentuated natural sounds of animals and water. Slovenska kinoteka, Monday, 2.10. at 6 pm The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover France/ The Netherlands/ Great Britain, 1989, 123 mins, colour, 35 mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Sacha Vierny music Michael Nyman editor John Wilson cast Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ron Cook, Liz Smith, Emer Gillespie language English A violent and erotic story set in the kitchen and dining room of an exclusive and luxurious restaurant owned by the perfectionist Cook. Among his wealthy guests is the Thief with his Wife and the gang; he comes to eat there primarily to show off. The Cook always satisfies all his wishes and requests with amicable contempt, for the Thief is dangerous. The central object of Thief's derision and underrating is his Wife, who has suffered from his exacting and sexual cruelty for years - until one evening she falls in love. She starts to meet her Lover in the lavatory of the restaurant. Slovenska kinoteka, Tuesday, 3.10. at 10 pm ZOO: A Zed and Two Noughts The Netherlands/ Great Britain, 1985, 115 mins, colour, 35 mm directed by Peter Greenaway script Peter Greenaway photography Sacha Vierny, Mike Coles music Michael Nyman editor John Wilson cast Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Frances Barber, Joss Ackland, Jim Davidson, Agnes Brulet, Guusje van Tilborgh, Gerard Thoolen, Ken Campbell, Wolf Kahler, Geoffrey Palmer, David Attenborough language English Twin brothers Oswald and Oliver, employed as zoologists in the ZOO, lost their wives in an absurd traffic accident, when a runaway swan crashed into the car window. Their pain becomes their obsession. In the search for the meaning of life the first brother experiments in photographing decaying animals, while the second constantly watches films about the evolution of species. The conclusions reached by the brothers lead to a strange biological project with an unexpected ending.