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Actually, he's not. Not really.

But he's just as irritating to non-aficionados. Personally, I love him.

People who dislike him accuse him of being cold, much as LVT's detractor's do. Greenaway's a former painter and academic who's basically not into making films for the commercial movie market anymore. He directs operas, multi-media events, TV series etc. When asked his opinion of Blue Velvet he admitted he admired it to the point of wishing he had directed it himself. So you have been warned.

I'd start with The Draughtman's Contract, one of my favorite Brit movies of all time..

Then maybe a Zed & Two Noughts, Drowning By Numbers. The Cook The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. That last one's strong stuff, a commentary on Thatcher's Britain. That and Draghtsman's Contract are the only movies he's had that could be considered art house hits in US.

They're not typical narrative films - multi-layerd, abstract, unabashedly intellectual, visually stunning, poetic, occassionally shocking. They are typically organized around a theme or visual motif.

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