In Reply to: Greenaway...and moderation???? posted by Harmonia on June 7, 2005 at 13:25:33:
For this reason he will forever remain in the second echelon of movie makers - those with a promise but never time to polish their creations. Movie art requires that the director masters more than one element of it, and this is where he falls behind. He is one of the masters of shock imagery... well, that is good start. Yes, form falls under the same umbrella. But his philosophy is non-existent, and his work is heavily grounded and unable to fly, it just can't spread its wings.As you know I too am not too concerned with plot, but images all by themselves are just images, not movies.
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- "Greenaway isn't interested in "tasteful"." Yes, and that has been his curse - Victor Khomenko 15:13:09 06/07/05 (0)