The draughtsman's contract / a British Film Institute production ; writer and director Peter Greenaway.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Greenaway, Peter, director.

Alexander Street Press.

British Film Institute, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural drawing--17th century--Drama.

Architectural drawing.

Drafters--England--17th century--Drama.

Drafters.

Murder--England--17th century--Drama.

Murder.

England.

Genre:

Feature films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 1982.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway's sumptuous and sensuously charged brainteaser catapulted him to the forefront of international art cinema. Adorned with intricate wordplay, extravagant costumes and opulent photography, Greenaway's first narrative feature weaves a labyrinthine mystery around the maxim 'draw what you see, not what you know.' An aristocratic wife (Janet Suzman) commissions a young, cocksure draughtsman (Anthony Higgins) to sketch her husband's property while he is away -- in exchange for a fee, room and board, and one sexual favor for each of the twelve drawings. As the draughtsman becomes more entrenched in the devious schemings in this seemingly idyllic country home, curious details emerge in his drawings that may reveal a murder.

Participant:

Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne Louise Lambert, Neil Cunningham, Hugh Fraser, Dave Hill, David Grant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicholas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda Marchal, Michael Feast, Alastair Cummings, Steve Ubels, Ben Kirby, Sylvia Rotter, Kate Doherty, Joss Buckley, Mike Carter, Vivienne Chander, Geoffrey Larder, Harry Van Engel.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed February 01, 2016).

Other Format:

Original version:

OCLC:

945370337

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.