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With: Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Richard Bohringer, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciaran Hinds
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Written by: Peter Greenaway
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Directed by: Peter Greenaway
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Running Time: 124
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Date: 09/11/1989
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990)
Food for Thought
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Peter Greenaway's biggest hit and most straightforward film was one of the best films of 1990 with its colorful and depraved look at a secret love tryst in a snooty restaurant. Helen Mirren plays the thief's wife who leaves the table for meetings with her lover (Alan Howard). The most unforgettable moment has them hiding out naked in a truck full of rotting meat and maggots. Greenaway's innovative camera steals the film, roaming horizontally back and forth along the walls of the various colored rooms. Most of Greenaway's films fall right over the edge with their disturbing pretensions, but The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover manages to mesh a wicked sense of humor with a vivid sense of horror, with enough closeted poetry left over that scholars can read anything into it. Tim Roth also stars. DVD Details: Anchor Bay Entertainment's (currently out of print) DVD contains a glistening picture and sound, plus a theatrical trailer, but no real extras.
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