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Title Draughtsman's Contract
Published Zeitgeist Films, 1982
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): .flv file, sound
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. An aristocratic wife commissions a young, cocksure draughtsman 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. THE DRAUGHTMAN'S CONTRACT is a luscious cinematic banquet for eye, ear and mind. Winner of the Grand Prix from the **Belgian Film Critics Association.** Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice International Film Festival.** *"What we have here is a tantalizing puzzle, wrapped in eroticism and presented with the utmost elegance. I have never seen a film quite like it." - Roger Ebert, **The Chicago Sun***
Notes Title from title frames
Film
In Process Record
Performer Anne Louise Lambert, Anthony Higgins, Dave Hill, David Gant, David Meyer, Hugh Fraser, Janet Suzman, Neil Cunningham, Nicholas Amer, Tony Meyer
Event Originally produced by Zeitgeist Films in 1982
Notes In English. Closed-captioned
Subject Feature films -- Great Britain -- Feature films
Feature films.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Form Streaming video
Author Greenaway, Peter, film director
Louise Lambert, Anne, actor
Higgins, Anthony, actor
Hill, Dave, actor
Gant, David, actor
Meyer, David, actor
Fraser, Hugh, actor
Suzman, Janet, actor
Cunningham, Neil, actor
Amer, Nicholas, actor
Meyer, Tony, actor
Zeitgeist Films (Firm),
Kanopy (Firm)