Peter Greenaway - There are basically only two subject matters in a

There are basically only two subject matters in all Western culture: sex and death. We do have some ability to manipulate sex nowadays. We have no ability, and never will have, to manipulate death.

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Greenaway, Peter. "Cinema is Dead, Long Live Cinema." Lecture, European Graduate School, 2007.

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About the Author

Peter Greenaway

Born: April 5, 1942
Nationality: British
Profession: Film Director, Screenwriter, Artist

Biography

Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director, screenwriter, and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his film are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death.

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