Peter Greenaway Movie Trailers
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Zandra Rhodes Trailer (1981)
06 November 1981
Commissioned by the COI, Peter Greenaway made a biographical short film about fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.
Act of God Trailer (1980)
16 April 1980
Documentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences against a typically Greenaway backdrop of lists, black humour and 'collated statistics'.
Giovanna D'Arco Trailer (2016)
01 January 2016
With more than 50 years of experience as film director, Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching, Eisenstein in Guanajuato) combines the worlds of film and opera at the Verdi Festival in Parma, demonstrating what magic those two can do together with an all new approach to Giuseppe Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco, staged and edited by himself and his wife, Saskia Boddeke.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Trailer (1989)
13 October 1989
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners.
A Walk Through H Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the mysterious Tulse Luper and the keeper of the bird house at the Amsterdam Zoo.
The Pledge Trailer (1982)
11 July 1982
Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.
The Pillow Book Trailer (1995)
01 September 1995
Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan.
The Baby of Mâcon Trailer (1993)
17 September 1993
In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy.
8 ½ Women Trailer (1999)
22 May 1999
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp Trailer (2003)
31 August 2003
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper.
Nightwatching Trailer (2007)
02 November 2007
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
The Draughtsman's Contract Trailer (1982)
12 November 1982
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia.
Fear of Drowning Trailer (1989)
07 February 1989
Peter Greenaway presents this "Commentary in one hundred parts" on Drowning by Numbers (1987), discussing and analyzing many of the film's more intriguing features.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story Trailer (2003)
18 July 2003
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper.
Goltzius & the Pelican Company Trailer (2012)
12 November 2012
Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish Trailer (2005)
09 June 2005
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper.
Blondi Trailer (2025)
14 August 2025
Can a dog still be man’s best friend if that man is the Führer? Blondi explores the bizarre bond between Hitler and his beloved German Shepherd.
Drowning by Numbers Trailer (1988)
02 September 1988
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms.
Four American Composers: John Cage Trailer (1983)
01 December 1983
A television documentary about John Cage and his music.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea Trailer (2004)
11 June 2004
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper.
Water Wrackets Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
Multifarious images of a lake are overlaid with water effects and a narrated history of the campaigns fought by the fictional water-wracket army.
Lumière & Company Trailer (1995)
20 December 1995
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895.
The Falls Trailer (1982)
06 August 1982
Told in the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts, nineteen million people are left obsessed with birds and flight following a strange occurrence.
Stairs 1 Geneva Trailer (1994)
28 August 1994
The film comprises one hundred sequences showing a location in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1994, over a period of one hundred days, one hundred white wooden staircases were installed around the city to be climbed by the public.
Train Trailer (1966)
14 July 1966
A mechanical ballet composed of footage of the last steam trains arriving to the Waterloo Station
Visions of Europe Trailer (2004)
01 May 2004
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Intervals Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
A short film which has its emphasis on back street walls with peeling posters and the constant pedestrian traffic in the foreground.
Cinema16: British Short Films Trailer (2003)
05 May 2003
This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present.
Hubert Bals Handshake Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Peter Greenaway remembers his first meeting with Rotterdam Film Festival director Hubert Bals.
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch Trailer (2016)
30 December 2016
Exhibition on Screen's latest release celebrates the life and masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch brought together from around the world to his hometown in the Netherlands as a one-off exhibition.
M Is for Man, Music and Mozart Trailer (1991)
03 November 1991
Dutch composer Louis Andriessen collaborates with director Peter Greenaway on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart.
Dear Phone Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A narrator relates a variety of peculiar stories involving characters with the initials HC and their dealings with telephones.
A Walk Through Prospero's Library Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'.
Rosa Trailer (1992)
30 June 1992
A short film based on the work of choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.
A TV Dante Trailer (1990)
13 June 1990
A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway.
Making a Splash Trailer (1984)
08 July 1984
Film which explores the relationship of man to water, his mastery of the fear of drowning and accomplishments in swimming.
A Zed & Two Noughts Trailer (1985)
04 October 1985
Identical twin zoologists lose their wives in a car crash caused by a white swan. They become obsessed with the death and decay of animals, and develop a strange and unusual relationship with the driver of the car, a woman who is now an amputee.
Revolution Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
A grim-looking leftist march of young men, edited to the Beatles’ Revolution.
The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
Peter Greenaway discussing a variety of topics, with each segment ranging in length from 6s to 2m47s.
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! Trailer (2008)
04 October 2008
J'accuse is an 'essay-istic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch.
Windows Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
A sort of documentary on the people known to have fallen out of windows in a certain time frame in a certain geographical location.
The Exile Trailer (2022)
05 April 2022
Gazing out at her garden, a woman recounts the tale of an exile from Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, who settled in Felixstowe on England’s east coast but found the grey skies and suburban sterility a poor substitute for his homeland of Chile.
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice Trailer (2019)
25 February 2019
Five hundred years after his birth, the life and career of the Italian Renaissance's last great painter is explored.
Prospero's Books Trailer (1991)
30 August 1991
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Close to Greenaway Trailer (2004)
10 October 2004
Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria.
Vertical Features Remake Trailer (1978)
01 December 1978
Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt to assemble raw footage taken by ornithologist Tulse Luper into a short film, in accordance with his notes and structuralist film theory.
Four American Composers: Robert Ashley Trailer (1983)
01 December 1983
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway.
Writing on Water Trailer (2005)
15 September 2005
Calligraphy on water. The first joint work of director Peter Greenaway and composer David Lang.
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk Trailer (1983)
01 December 1983
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway: A Documentary Trailer (1992)
14 August 1992
Searching for the roots of Peter Greenaway in his films, this artful documentary begins with a workshop from 1991 in which Peter Greenaway discusses his film career, from his early short Revolution (1968) to The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989).
The Man in the Bath Trailer (2001)
07 June 2001
An audiovisual work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.
Death of Sentiment Trailer (1962)
25 December 1962
Greenaway's virtually unseen first film is described by the director as "a work of juvenalia" shot in four London cemeteries, focusing on "church yard furniture, crosses, flying angels, [and] typography on grave stones," with the occasional painting reference thrown in as well.
The Belly of an Architect Trailer (1987)
23 September 1987
Stourley Kracklite, a driven, detail-obsessed architect, travels from America to Rome with his much younger wife, Louisa, to oversee an architectural homage to a personal hero, 18th-century master builder Etienne-Louis Boullée.
3x3D Trailer (2013)
22 May 2013
A triptych of short stereoscopic films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and Edgar Pêra. Includes "The Three Disasters" by Godard, "Cinesapiens" by Pêra and "Just in Time" by Greenaway.
H Is for House Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
Ostensibly, a film about a child's pictorial alphabet stuck on the letter H.
Leeds Castle Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
Filmed at Leeds Castle in Kent, this short documentary on Scottish cloth manufacturer Reid & Taylor's biennial fashion show extravaganza was produced for the Central Office of Information’s cinemagazine series This Week in Britain, which exported a positive image of Britain to the world – including Reid & Taylor’s target market of Australia.
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper Trailer (2005)
07 July 2005
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper.