The belly of an architect /

Stourley Kracklite, a burly middle-aged American architect, is in Rome to organize a large-scale exhibition of the work of Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799), a visionary French architect. His wife Louisa is along, and a little bored with his cerebral fixations. Surrounded by Roman art and architec...

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Uniform Title:	Belly of an architect (Motion picture)
Main Authors:	Mertens, Wim, 1953- (Composer), Branca, Glenn, 1948-2018 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Film Four International, British Screen, Hemdale Film Corporation, SACIS (Firm), Mondial Ltd. (Firm), Tangram Film (Firm), MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors:	Callender, Colin (Producer), Donohue, Walter (Producer), Greenaway, Peter (Screenwriter, Director), Dennehy, Brian (Actor), Webb, Chloe (Actor), Wilson, Lambert (Actor), Fantoni, Sergio (Actor), Casini, Stefania (Actor), Corbellini, Vanni (Actor), Masé, Marino, 1939- (Actor), Scrivano, Enrica Maria (Actor), Varelli, Alfredo (Actor), Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001 (Cinematographer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed captioned.
Published:	[London] : Film Four International ; [2004]
Subjects:	Architects > Drama. Gastritis > Drama. Adultery > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Americans > Italy > Rome > Drama. Rome (Italy) > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	Stourley Kracklite, a burly middle-aged American architect, is in Rome to organize a large-scale exhibition of the work of Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799), a visionary French architect. His wife Louisa is along, and a little bored with his cerebral fixations. Surrounded by Roman art and architecture--whose perfect scaling and Classicist surfaces he has always admired--Kracklite is overcome by narcissistic jealousy. Amidst the graceful clean domes, virile statues, and sturdily parallel columns of Roman monuments, Kracklite suspects Louisa of trying to poison him as his prodigious gut begins giving him searing pains. Anxious and paranoid, he's undone by his fear that despite his internal inspirations, an architect is a speck of a thing compared to what he builds--huge, material spectacles that far outlive their progenitors.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a British/Italian motion picture in 1987. Special features: Theatrical trailer (3 min.). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital sound; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Audience:	MPAA Rating: Rated R (pervasive sexuality); Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Sacha Vierny ; art director, Luciana Vedovelli ; editor, John Wilson ; music, Wim Mertens, Glenn Branca ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; architechture consultant, Costantino Dardi.
ISBN:	0792860756 9780792860754