This film is a film of artistic non-narrative craziness. Peter Greenaway is a man obviously confused by the world in which surrounds him and he searches for answers through his characters and his use of cinematography. The narrative is minimal but effective. Greenaway uses repetitive sounds and ideas that his characters have to create a disturbed feeling in the film. His use of lighting again is repetitive but along with his mise-en-scene it is symmetrical. He flashes lights at us to scare and confuse us. He uses symmetry as his attempt at describing how the world is. Everything is the same no matter what side it is. Thsi film is one that would bewilder and confuse just an everyday cinemagoer. It entails using real inttelect and concentration throughout the whole film to have any idea at what sort of message Greenaway is trying to put out to us.
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