Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh writer-director, painter, and video artist based in Amsterdam. Throughout the late 1960s and '70s, he produced several experimental documentary/mockumentary shorts while working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information. This early period culminated in "The Falls" (1980), a three-hour mockumentary indexing the strange effects of the VUE (the Violent Unknown Event) on 92 people whose names begin with the letters F-A-L-L. He made his dramatic feature film debut with "The Draughtsman's Contract" (1982), and throughout the 1980s directed a string of critically acclaimed and frequently controversial films: "A Zed & Two Noughts" (1985), "The Belly of an Architect" (1987), "Drowning by Numbers" (1988), and his best-known work, the vicious Thatcher-era satire "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989). In the 1990s, he directed the Shakespeare adaptation "Prospero's Books" (1991), controversial religious satire "The Baby of Mâcon" (1993), erotic drama "The Pillow Book" (1996), and "8½ Women" (1999), an homage to the films of Federico Fellini, a major influence on Greenaway. In the early 2000s, Greenaway embarked on the ambitious "Tulse Luper" project, a multimedia body of historical fiction revolving around the life of the eponymous fictional hero. In addition to novels, CD-ROMs, online material, and a touring exhibition, the project spawned a trilogy of feature films: "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story" (2003), "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea" (2004), and "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish" (2004). The trilogy was followed by a fourth feature, "A Life in Suitcases" (2005), which abridges the Tulse Luper saga into a single film. Since the mid 2000s, Greenaway's film work has focused on idiosyncratic, heavily fictionalised biopics dedicated to some of his favourite artists: Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn in "Nightwatching" (2007), Dutch Baroque engraver Hendrik Goltzius in "Goltzius and the Pelican Company" (2012), Soviet Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein in "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" (2015), and Romanian-French sculptor Constantin Brâncuși in "Walking to Paris" (TBD). Greenaway has lived and worked in Amsterdam since the mid 1990s. He is married to artist Saskia Boddeke, with whom he has two children. He also has two children from a previous marriage to potter Carol Greenaway.

  • Title: Peter Greenaway
  • Popularity: 3.547
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-04-05
  • Place of Birth: Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
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  • Also Known As: 피터 그리너웨이
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Peter Greenaway Movies

  • 1992
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    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    1 1992 HD

    Searching for the roots of Peter Greenaway in his films, this artful documentary begins with a workshop from 1991 in which Peter Greenaway discusses...

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  • 2023
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    Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect

    Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect

    1 2023 HD

    In this previously unseen backstage documentary, Peter Greenaway responds with great generosity to the open-ended questions posed by an off-camera...

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  • 1980
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    The Falls

    The Falls

    7.2 1980 HD

    The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

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  • 1975
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    Windows

    Windows

    6.5 1975 HD

    A sort of documentary on the people known to have fallen out of windows in a certain time frame in a certain geographical location. One of...

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  • 1973
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    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    6.4 1973 HD

    Ostensibly, a film about a child's pictorial alphabet stuck on the letter H.

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  • 2016
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    The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch

    The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch

    5 2016 HD

    Exhibition on Screen's latest release celebrates the life and masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch brought together from around the world to his hometown...

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  • 1976
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    Dear Phone

    Dear Phone

    5.3 1976 HD

    A narrator relates a variety of peculiar stories involving characters with the initials HC and their dealings with telephones. These are interspersed...

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  • 2009
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    The Wedding at Cana

    The Wedding at Cana

    10 2009 HD

    A short film by Peter Greenaway. It depicts the painting The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese, through mixed media and shows different...

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  • 2019
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    The Missing Nail

    The Missing Nail

    1 2019 HD

    A short ironic film about a Missing Nail in the iconography of Christ and his depiction in da Vinci’s painting of The Last Supper.

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  • 2003
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    Cinema16: British Short Films

    Cinema16: British Short Films

    4.6 2003 HD

    This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past...

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  • 1989
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    Fear of Drowning

    Fear of Drowning

    5 1989 HD

    Peter Greenaway presents this "Commentary in one hundred parts" on Drowning by Numbers (1987), discussing and analyzing many of the film's more...

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  • 2004
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    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

    1 2004 HD

    Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria. In this film,...

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  • 1989
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    Hubert Bals Handshake

    Hubert Bals Handshake

    5 1989 HD

    Peter Greenaway remembers his first meeting with Rotterdam Film Festival director Hubert Bals.

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  • 2008
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    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

    7.2 2008 HD

    J'accuse is an 'essay-istic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search...

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  • 1999
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    8 ½ Women

    8 ½ Women

    5.6 1999 HD

    Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½.

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  • 1999
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    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    4 1999 HD

    "Rosa", with a libretto by Peter Greenaway and score by Louis Andriessen, is the first in a projected series of 10 operas, each dealing with the...

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  • 2002
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    The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

    The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

    1 2002 HD

    Peter Greenaway discussing a variety of topics, with each segment ranging in length from 6s to 2m47s.

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  • 2018
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    The Greenaway Alphabet

    The Greenaway Alphabet

    6.6 2018 HD

    The fascinations of filmmaker Peter Greenaway, whose motto is "art is life and life is art,"are captured like butterflies and arranged in an...

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  • 2019
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    Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

    Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

    8.5 2019 HD

    Five hundred years after his birth, the life and career of the Italian Renaissance's last great painter is explored.

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  • 1982
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    The Draughtsman's Contract

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    7.1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Draughtsman's Contract

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    7.1 1982 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

    5.3 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

    5.3 2003 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

    5.3 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

    5.3 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

    5.1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

    5.1 2004 HD

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  • 2005
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    A Life in Suitcases

    A Life in Suitcases

    5.5 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    A Life in Suitcases

    A Life in Suitcases

    5.5 2005 HD

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  • 2007
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    Nightwatching

    Nightwatching

    6.373 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Nightwatching

    Nightwatching

    6.373 2007 HD

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  • 1991
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    Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

    6.8 1991 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Baby of Mâcon

    The Baby of Mâcon

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Baby of Mâcon

    The Baby of Mâcon

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 1999
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    8 ½ Women

    8 ½ Women

    5.6 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    8 ½ Women

    8 ½ Women

    5.6 1999 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    7.3 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    A Zed & Two Noughts

    A Zed & Two Noughts

    6.973 1985 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    A Zed & Two Noughts

    A Zed & Two Noughts

    6.973 1985 HD

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  • 2004
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    Visions of Europe

    Visions of Europe

    4.9 2004 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Pillow Book

    The Pillow Book

    6.4 1995 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    The Pillow Book

    The Pillow Book

    6.4 1995 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    The Pillow Book

    The Pillow Book

    6.4 1995 HD

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

    7.2 2008 HD

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  • 1988
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    Drowning by Numbers

    Drowning by Numbers

    7.1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Drowning by Numbers

    Drowning by Numbers

    7.1 1988 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Falls

    The Falls

    7.2 1980 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Falls

    The Falls

    7.2 1980 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Act of God

    Act of God

    6.7 1980 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Belly of an Architect

    The Belly of an Architect

    6.8 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Belly of an Architect

    The Belly of an Architect

    6.8 1987 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Dear Phone

    Dear Phone

    5.3 1976 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

    Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1971
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    Erosion

    Erosion

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1978
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    Vertical Features Remake

    Vertical Features Remake

    7.5 1978 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Vertical Features Remake

    Vertical Features Remake

    7.5 1978 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Death in the Seine

    Death in the Seine

    5.5 1989 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Terence Conran

    Terence Conran

    5.3 1981 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Eisenstein in Guanajuato

    Eisenstein in Guanajuato

    6.2 2015 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    7.3 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: John Cage

    Four American Composers: John Cage

    1 1983 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    6.118 2014 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    6.118 2014 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    7.4 1979 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    A TV Dante

    A TV Dante

    6.4 1990 HD

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  • 2013
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    3x3D

    3x3D

    4.7 2013 HD

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  • 2016
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    Giovanna D'Arco

    Giovanna D'Arco

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Giovanna D'Arco

    Giovanna D'Arco

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Windows

    Windows

    6.5 1975 HD

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    The Pledge

    The Pledge

    5.5 1982 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    Intervals

    Intervals

    5.5 1973 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Darwin

    Darwin

    7 1992 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Water Wrackets

    Water Wrackets

    5.8 1975 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Water Wrackets

    Water Wrackets

    5.8 1975 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Hubert Bals Handshake

    Hubert Bals Handshake

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    5.5 1981 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    The Sea in Their Blood

    The Sea in Their Blood

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    The Sea in Their Blood

    The Sea in Their Blood

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

    5.2 1991 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

    M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

    5.2 1991 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    The Missing Nail

    The Missing Nail

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    The European Showerbath

    The European Showerbath

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Visions of Europe

    Visions of Europe

    4.9 2004 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    The Wedding at Cana

    The Wedding at Cana

    10 2009 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Walking to Paris

    Walking to Paris

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Walking to Paris

    Walking to Paris

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Eisenstein in Guanajuato

    Eisenstein in Guanajuato

    6.2 2015 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Lumière & Company

    Lumière & Company

    6.2 1995 HD

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  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Revolution

    Revolution

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1984
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    Making a Splash

    Making a Splash

    5 1984 HD

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Writing on Water

    Writing on Water

    4 2005 HD

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Writing on Water

    Writing on Water

    4 2005 HD

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  • 2021
    imgMovies

    Hotel Royalty Since 1887

    Hotel Royalty Since 1887

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Rosa

    Rosa

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Goole by Numbers

    Goole by Numbers

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Goole by Numbers

    Goole by Numbers

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    1-100

    1-100

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    1-100

    1-100

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Fear of Drowning

    Fear of Drowning

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Death of Sentiment

    Death of Sentiment

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Tree

    Tree

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Train

    Train

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Lucca Mortis

    Lucca Mortis

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    5.5 1981 HD

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  • 1967
    imgMovies

    5 Postcards from Capital Cities

    5 Postcards from Capital Cities

    1 1967 HD

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Cinema16: British Short Films

    Cinema16: British Short Films

    4.6 2003 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    The Exile

    The Exile

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    Intervals

    Intervals

    5.5 1973 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    The Missing Nail

    The Missing Nail

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    The Man in the Bath

    The Man in the Bath

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Luther and His Legacy

    Luther and His Legacy

    6.5 2017 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Vertical Features Remake

    Vertical Features Remake

    7.5 1978 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Vertical Features Remake

    Vertical Features Remake

    7.5 1978 HD

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

    4 2003 HD

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

    The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

    4 2003 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Water Wrackets

    Water Wrackets

    5.8 1975 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Water Wrackets

    Water Wrackets

    5.8 1975 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Blondi

    Blondi

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    3x3D

    3x3D

    4.7 2013 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth

    Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth

    7 2012 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

    6.8 1991 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Bosch

    Bosch

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Bosch

    Bosch

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    The Food of Love

    The Food of Love

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    The Food of Love

    The Food of Love

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    7.4 1979 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    7.4 1979 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: John Cage

    Four American Composers: John Cage

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    7.3 1983 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    4 1999 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    4 1999 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

    4 1999 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Windows

    Windows

    6.5 1975 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Windows

    Windows

    6.5 1975 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Dear Phone

    Dear Phone

    5.3 1976 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Dear Phone

    Dear Phone

    5.3 1976 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Dear Phone

    Dear Phone

    5.3 1976 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Falls

    The Falls

    7.2 1980 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

    The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Eddie Kidd

    Eddie Kidd

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Eddie Kidd

    Eddie Kidd

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Savile Row

    Savile Row

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Leeds Castle

    Leeds Castle

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Tie and Dye

    Tie and Dye

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

    Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

    8.5 2019 HD

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

    7.2 2008 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Lucca Mortis

    Lucca Mortis

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Stairs 1 Geneva

    Stairs 1 Geneva

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    7.4 1979 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    7.3 1989 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Darwin

    Darwin

    7 1992 HD

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  • 2004
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    Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

    6 2004 HD

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  • 1970
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    Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

    7 1970 HD

    A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos...

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