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The Greenaway Alphabet
The Greenaway Alphabet
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THE GREENAWAY ALPHABET

Directed by Saskia Boddeke
Netherlands, 2017
Documentary

Synopsis

Peter Greenaway constructs an alphabet as a blueprint of his life. In intimate conversations with his 16-year-old daughter Zoë, we discover the many facets of Greenaway. A deeply personal portrait about not only of the artist, but also of Greenaway the father in his battle against time.

Synopsis

Peter Greenaway constructs an alphabet as a blueprint of his life. In intimate conversations with his 16-year-old daughter Zoë, we discover the many facets of Greenaway. A deeply personal portrait about not only of the artist, but also of Greenaway the father in his battle against time.

Our take

In this loving and inventive portrait directed by his wife Saskia Boddeke, Peter Greenaway unravels the obsessions that inspire his sumptuous cinematic visions. A window into the eccentric mindscape of a master, this heartfelt film reveals an artist whose inexhaustible curiosity races against time.