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The Greenaway alphabet /

The fascinations of filmmaker Peter Greenaway, whose motto is "art is life and life is art," are captured like butterflies and arranged in an alphabet, a form that suits him perfectly as an encyclopedist. In intimate conversations with his perceptive 16-year-old daughter Pip, we discover t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Boddeke, Saskia (Director, Narrator), Emmering, Julia (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Paris, France : Reservoir Docs, 2017.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Greenaway, Peter.
Greenaway, Peter
Motion picture producers and directors > Netherlands > Biography.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > Pays-Bas > Biographies.
Motion picture producers and directors
Netherlands
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Biographies
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The fascinations of filmmaker Peter Greenaway, whose motto is "art is life and life is art," are captured like butterflies and arranged in an alphabet, a form that suits him perfectly as an encyclopedist. In intimate conversations with his perceptive 16-year-old daughter Pip, we discover the whos, whats and whys about Greenaway. Greenaway's boundless creativity, unconstrained flow of words and passion for collecting certainly bring this to mind, and he admits to wearing the label with pride.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 03, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (59 minutes)
Playing Time:00:58:01
Production Credits:Cinematographers, Ruzbeh Babol, Sander Snoep, Saskia Boddeke ; editor, Gys Zevenbergen.