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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Original
Writer/director Peter Greenaway (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover) puts the art back into the art film (The Hollywood Reporter) with this work of pure visual poetry (Boston Herald) that celebrates Rome and its architecture with elegance and discernment (The New York Times) and boasts Brian Dennehy s best performance of his screen career (LA Weekly)!American architect Stourley Kracklite (Dennehy) can t see the beauty in Rome through his pain. Intense stomachaches are crippling him and, worse, he believes his pregnant young wife is having an affair with his archrival! As his suspicions turn to paranoia and obsession, and his marriage, health and reputation begin to unravel, this once-respected man becomes consumed by his own self-torture from the inside out!System Requirements: Running Time 119 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
A distinguished American architect has an obsession with work that leads to his destruction when his health fails and his wife is driven into the arms of another man.
Plot Summary
Architect Stourley Kracklite and his wife travel to Rome, where he's supposed to curate an exhibition honoring a French architect of the 1800s. But Stourley gradually begins to suspect that his wife is both unfaithful and poisoning him...
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 6/15/2004 |
| Running Time: 119 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1987 | | Catalog ID: 1006502 | | UPC: 00027616906885 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Greenaway brings a welcome playfulness to [the film]....This is one of the best things [Dennehy] has done..." 05/06/1990 p.76Variety
"...A visual treat, almost an homage to the style of Rome's architecture, lensed with skill and packed with esoteric nuances....THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT looks wonderful..." 05/06/1987 Film Comment
"...The film is ravishing. The composition of every shot is carefully, fanatically balanced....Anyone who does not find the film gorgeous rates an eye test..." 07/01/1987 p.60-5 Los Angeles Times
"...Dennehy gives a wonderfully nimble performance..." 06/22/1990 p.F8 |
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