The Stop Button
blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Directed by Peter Greenaway
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Windows is exquisite. The short is a number of shots in a house, always out a window (hence the title), while pleasant harpsichord music plays. The music fits in later; Greenaway makes an exceptional amount of moves in just three and a half minutes with this one. Throughout the short, the narrator (also Greenaway) recounts…
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Intervals is a series of profile shots of Venice buildings. It’s unclear it’s Venice until the boats start passing. It’s impossible to tell when director Greenaway shot the film, but the light never changes much so one might assume he either did it every day at the same time. The sequence, with almost imperceptible changes,…
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