H is for House
9 min.
Peter Greenaway was teaching his children the alphabet and, as an exercise, began thinking of all the possible words that begin with the letter H. H is for House plays with the absurdity of the idea of the alphabet as an index used for organizing information. One of Greenaway’s earliest shorts, it already shows his singular style fully formed.
As Greenaway himself remarked to cataloguers at the BFI National Archive: ‘No scripting in this film - it again follows the credo - make a film of collected images filmed in a casual way of what turns up whilst enjoying - for example - a country walk, often with my young family of the time - walking at their pace, interested in what at that time they were interested in - let the images dictate.’
Filmography: Nightwatching (2007), The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2002-4), 8 1/2 Women (1999), The Pillow Book (1996), Prospero's Books (1991), The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (1989).
Drowning By Numbers
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and in the ensuing cover-up enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter both decide to resort to the same methods, the Colpitts women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.
Drowning By Numbers is one of Greenaway's most accessible and entertaining works, very funny and illuminating in its game-playing approach to sex and death and its celebration of the female conspiracy against men. Adding to the enjoyment is the director's placing of numbers throughout the film.
Filmography: Nightwatching (2007), The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2002-4), 8 1/2 Women (1999), The Pillow Book (1996), Prospero's Books (1991), The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (1989).
A newly restored copy
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