Greenaway at the 44th Venice Film Festival (1987)
Greenaway in Stockholm in 2013
Night Watch by Rembrandt
Prospero's Books
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Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provi
US Theatrical release poster
Photos by Marc Guillaumont Design: Creative Partnership
The film uses layered, detailed imagery. Here, a procession of gift-givers (walking right to left) present gifts to a couple in love. A close-up of each gift is inset and overlaid in the middle 80% of the frame. Actors are in varying amounts and styles of dress.