92YTribeca (Venue Partner)
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212.601.1000
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The Thief
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Saturday Jan 16, 2010 (8–10pm)
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$12.00
Part of the series Not Coming to a Theater Near You, presented by the film blog of the same name. Editors Rumsey Taylor, Leo Goldsmith and Jenny Jediny in person to introduce the film.
"Looks like catfood for constipated French rabbits!" Peter Greenaway's hearty, lurid helping of Jacobean nastiness stuffs the eye (and all the other senses) with enough sex, gastronomy and haute couture for a half-dozen films. With subtlety thrown violently to the wind, the film is beautiful, demanding and appalling in equally meticulous measure, an overstuffed canvas with music by Michael Nyman, cinematography by Sacha Vierney and costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier. Bursting through all of this scatological splendor are the electrifying performances of the elite of '80s West End theater, featuring Michael "Dumbledore" Gambon as the monstrously violent and boorish restaurateur Albert Spica, Helen Mirren as his adulterous wife and Tim Roth and Ciarán Hinds in very early film appearances. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a sensorially overwhelming experience from one of the most talented, imposing, erudite and reviled filmmakers in the history of the cinema.
Director: Peter Greenaway. 98 mins. 1989. 35mm.
