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Languages & Culture
Film & Media: 5 Wonders from Peter Greenaway
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Course details
Course code
Q00009769Course date
Start: 07/01/25
End: 04/02/25
Number of classes
5 sessionsTutor
George CromackFee range
Free to £37.00
How you'll learn
Venue
OnlineLevel of study
Availability
This course is for early booking only.
Course overview
Learn all about the five film wonders from Peter Greenaway explores five films from one of Britain’s most celebrated ‘art house’ directors. Advance your knowledge, understanding and deepen your love and appreciation for the art of film.
This course is for early booking only.
Course description
With a background in classical art and a love for the using the screen for ‘more than just story’, Peter Greenaway is of Britain’s most celebrated but accessible ‘art house’ directors, his career peaking throughout the 1980s with a series of films some attracting box office attention and some arguably more niche.
You'll get the chance to examine the influences, motivations and intentions behind Greenaway’s work, considering their themes and appeal, do some work better than others? The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982), A Zed and Two Noughts (1985), The Belly of an Architect (1987), The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), Nightwatching (2007).
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