If it's not obvious, the title elaborates the spelling of "Z-O-O." I wonder if David Cronenberg saw this movie, prior to writing "Dead Ringers"? If this offends you, you've probably wandered into the wrong film by mistake.
A zed and 2 noughts full#
Greenaway's usual feast of sex and full frontal nudity is on ample display, and every female character seems to be a whore at heart. A few other side plots sneak into the story, including Alba's dalliance with another amputee who's missing *both* legs. Gradually, they advance to more and more complex organisms. Meanwhile, the widowed twins become obsessed with post-mortem decay, and begin time-lapse photographing a variety of dead subjects. She seems to *enjoy* this new handicap and cheerfully reclines in bed, flaunting her lingerie-clad body to multiple visitors. Real-life twins play two zoologists whose wives are killed in a traffic accident after an escaped swan flies into their car and causes the driver, one Alba Bewick, to lose control. Greenaway is more like a Renaissance painter than a director, and his longtime collaborator Michael Nyman delivers another stirring, processional score which perfectly accents all the slow tracking shots.
A zed and 2 noughts movie#
I'm sure that I will never see a better movie fixated on amputation and rotting carrion.Īs with most Peter Greenaway films, the stylized cinematography, lighting and sets are a marvel.
A must see if you enjoy Art House, Dark comedy, the bizarre and so on.Ī delightfully perverse film. I definently will be revisiting this movie again and again though, and I look forward to seeing more of Greenaway's work in the future. So dense that I'm not going to try and explain what I think it all is supposed to mean, especially after first watch. There are a lot of recurring themes here (Grief, Decay, Loss, Rarities etc). This film is dense in it's ideas and how it chooses to get those idea's across. This isn't a case of style over substance either though.
Even the costumes look like they were carefully selected to contribute to the overall feeling of the film. The film is overflowing with symbolism and metaphor. A feast for the eyes if there ever was one. I'll start by saying that visually this movie is flawless. This film definently has high replay value, as I imagine new layers will show themselves upon repeated viewings. I was definently not disappointed with my first exposure to him. My first foray into the work of Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker I have heard much about, and have wanted to get into for awhile, but just never got around to it until now.
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