Lust, murder, dessert

Books can ‘have you change your mind when you’re not looking.’

Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Roth in Peter Greenaway’s The COOK The THIEF His WIFE & Her LOVER. Costumes designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. From 1989.

Not easily available on DVD – the entire film is viewable in segments on YouTube. Click the above image to watch/jump.

Extremely disturbing, yet brilliant. Reminiscent of a typical holiday dinner with the family.

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