The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover [Import] NC-17
Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!
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DVD Details
- Rated: NC-17
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 5, 2016
- Originally Released: 1989
- Label: Imports
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren & Alan Howard | |
| Performer: | Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths & Ron Cook | |
| Directed by | Peter Greenaway | |
| Edited by | John Wilson | |
| Screenwriting by | Peter Greenaway | |
| Composition by | Michael Nyman | |
| Produced by | Kees Kasander | |
| Director of Photography: | Sacha Vierny |
Entertainment Reviews:
87%
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It's as if Greenaway had all this artistry, including his own, at his disposal and created nothing but a dead piece of meat, for no reason in particular--unless it's to express his contempt for his audience.
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Chicago Reader
Albert is one of the ugliest characters ever brought to the screen. Ignorant, over-bearing and violent, it's a gloriously rich performance by Gambon.
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Variety
Rating: 4/5 --
Startling and bold!
FilmsInReview.com
Rating: 3/5 --
The Cook, the Thief. His Wife and Her Lover is a dark and grim morality play about our insatiable appetite for cruelty and power.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: 4/4 --
It doesn't simply make a show of being uncompromising -- it is uncompromised in every single shot from beginning to end.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Still the most lavishly offensive of Greenaway's films.
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Rating: 4/4 --
A work so intelligent and powerful that it evokes our best emotions and least civil impulses, so esthetically brilliant that it expands the boundaries of film itself.
New York Times
Product Description:
A French restaurant is the setting for murder, sex and revenge. The vicious Thief is Albert - Georgina is the long suffering doormat of a Wife - Michael, a fellow diner is the Lover - and the Cook is Chef Richard whose only care is his restaurant.
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