And more importantly, how easily and believably he goes there. Finding ample opportunities to show nudity, Greenaway strips away convention and modern morality to present a film that is both prurient and thoughtful, scandalous and sincere. It's truly an amazing work. And visually, the film is as stunning as anything we've seen from Greenaway in the past. His austere interiors, his pop and brilliant Asian images, his look at the classic beauty of the human form.
Every frame is a marvelous photograph.
Greenaway's images envelope you. It's grandiose vastness. But for all of us who have liked Greenaway's work without ever being able to understand his plots, we finally have a film we can latch on to. And for the uninitiated, it's the definitive starting point. Just click your favorite letter to go there.