![]() It only enhances the beauty of the film though. The music by Michael Nyman is simply one of the most chilling and unforgettable scores I've heard in a film. The film's use of it's set design only amplifies the way it is presents and gives the film even more meaning with it's vibrant colors and the way that each set piece in the entire film represents a different color of the rainbow. The film works because it is not only effective, but it is also original storytelling. This is the kind of film that reminds me that people in the film industry can still make intelligent, smart, and brilliant films without having to pile on the excess. We really get a sense that the world that is depicted in this film was once truly beautiful and open to possibility, and the fact that it is a world that is long gone makes the film far more tragic than we would usually expect, especially one with such grand texture and such a dark sense of humor. The punks in this film are much older than the ones that are usually depicted, and we the post-apocalyptic world outside for many brief glimpses in which there is a lot of fog, smoke, grime, and filth. The graphic violence and sex only add the the dark nature of the depiction of a world, long destroyed by the greedy punks that have overrun the world. As a result, there is a genuine sense of true horror throughout the film. The attention to detail in the set-pieces depict the one pertaining to the outrageous and decadent nature of our time and the times in which we live where the thief consumes everything and is wasteful. I love it because it challenges me and a way a challenging film should. Even if that's what the film is about, it isn't why I love it. I really don't care about that stuff though. People can discuss the political implications that the film implies all they want. Michael Gambon is absolutely terrifying as the thief. All of the performances are unforgettable, especially Helen Mirren as the wife, in a heart wrenching performance. It is a film that is so disgusting and dark and tasteless, and yet so beautiful and intelligent and fresh that it must be seen to be believed. Peter Greenaway has created a film that is unlike anything that has ever been made before. What results is one of the most outrageous and bizarre films I've ever seen. She falls in love with another man at another table, Michael(her lover), and begins to have a rather passionate affair with him. The thief's wife, Georgina(his wife), is beaten, raped, and humiliated every day by the thief. ![]() ![]() The owner of the restaurant(the cook) constantly watches in awe as Albert Spica humiliates everyone and talks and talks and talks, yet says nothing. The owner of a French restaurant, Albert Spica(the thief), occupies it daily in order to stuff his face and beat on the innocent bystanders that surround him and cannot touch him. It is about about four twisted characters and a series of events that play out over an entire week. ![]() ![]() 'The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover' is part black comedy, part crime thriller, part horror, part film-noir. 'The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover' is a film about politics, cannibalism, vomit, love, death, betrayal, and torture. ![]()
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