【廚師、大盜、他的太太和她的情人】
Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover│124分鐘│輔導級|英語發音
上映日期:1984-09-11
【空間魔法師:彼得格林納威 Filmmaker In Focus: Peter Greenaway】
1991 芝加哥影評人協會最佳外語片 / 1989 Sitges 奇幻影展最佳男演員、攝影、導演、配樂 / 1989 多倫多影展
導演 彼得格林納威 Peter Greenaway
大盜艾伯特帶著他的手下與妻子喬姬娜走進餐廳,他一邊高談著用餐禮儀,卻極盡粗鄙地咒罵身邊的人。喬姬娜的眼光總停留在書商麥克身上,他們在廚房、廁所裡偷情,卻不幸被艾伯特發現,盛怒之下他殺了麥可,悲憤的喬姬娜則策畫著一個喪心病狂的復仇計畫⋯⋯。
《廚師、大盜、他的太太和她的情人》被視為格林納威的創作巔峰,不論在商業映演或藝術成就上皆獲得空前的成功,不僅找來李察波林傑、邁可坎邦、海倫米蘭主演,服裝還特別邀請法國時尚大師尚保羅高堤耶操刀設計,但同時也因毫不避諱的暴力場面而引起爭議。食物、慾望、謀殺、酷刑交織在這座精心雕琢的餐廳裡,「以電影作畫」的格林納威,創造性地讓場景以顏色編碼與「三聯畫」形式,展現特異的視覺呈現與背後的隱喻,而片中的極端酷刑,更大肆暗諷了當時強勢的柴契爾政權。
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. His wife, Georgina, is disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with another restaurant guest, Michael. Despite their efforts to keep it a secret, however, Spica finds out about their trysts, and he plans to revenge.
其他引申閱讀: 為什麼黑色的食物特別貴 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4c69db7d01000bvy.html
黑色的我都賣很貴,葡萄、橄欖、黑醋栗都是。人們在吃的時候,總是聯想到死亡,就像在咀嚼死亡一樣,「死亡,我要吃掉你!」黑松露最為昂貴,魚子醬也是,死與生,終點和起點。你不覺得把黑色的菜賣最貴,這樣很合理嗎?
I charge a lot for anything black. Grapes, olives, blackcurrants. People like to remind themselves of death, eating black food is like consuming death, like saying, “Death, I’m eating you.” Black truffles are the most expensive. And caviar. Death and birth. The end and the beginning. Don’t you think it’s appropriate that the most expensive items are black?