Architektur-Filmreihe THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT
Architektur-Filmreihe THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT
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Regie: Peter Greenaway (1982) Originalfassung mit dt. Untertiteln. Länge: 103 min.
Kurzpräsentation: Peter Staub (Hochschule Liechtenstein)
The Draughtsman's Contract is a 1982 British film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Originally produced for Channel 4 the film is a form of murder mystery, set in 1694. The period setting is reflected in Michael Nyman's score, which borrows extensively from Henry Purcell, and in the extensive and elaborate costume designs (which slightly exaggerate those of the period for effect). The action was shot on location in the house and formal gardens of Groombridge Place.
Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins), a young and arrogant artist, is contracted to produce a series of 12 landscape drawings of an estate by Mrs. Virginia Herbert (Janet Suzman) for her absent and estranged husband. Part of the contract is that Mrs Herbert agrees "to meet Mr Neville in private and to comply with his requests concerning his pleasure with me." Several sexual encounters between them follow.
Later he makes a similar contract with Mrs Herbert's married, yet childless, daughter. In the second contract, however, he agrees to comply with what is described as her pleasure, rather than his — a reversal of the position in regard to her mother.
A number of curious objects appear in Neville's drawings, which point ultimately to the murder of Mr Herbert, whose body is discovered in the moat of the house. The drawings can be interpreted to suggest more than one illegal act and to implicate more than one person. There is a violent and shocking plot resolution.
Für ArchitekturstudentInnen:
Der Besuch von 2 Filmen wird wie der Besuch eines Vortrags angerechnet.
Ermässigter Eintritt für Arch-StudentInnen: 10.- Chf
Eintritt normal: 13.- Chf
Kooperation zwischen der Hochschule Liechtenstein / Institut für Architektur und Raumentwicklung & Filmclub Takino / Schaan
Kurzpräsentation: Peter Staub (Hochschule Liechtenstein)
The Draughtsman's Contract is a 1982 British film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Originally produced for Channel 4 the film is a form of murder mystery, set in 1694. The period setting is reflected in Michael Nyman's score, which borrows extensively from Henry Purcell, and in the extensive and elaborate costume designs (which slightly exaggerate those of the period for effect). The action was shot on location in the house and formal gardens of Groombridge Place.
Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins), a young and arrogant artist, is contracted to produce a series of 12 landscape drawings of an estate by Mrs. Virginia Herbert (Janet Suzman) for her absent and estranged husband. Part of the contract is that Mrs Herbert agrees "to meet Mr Neville in private and to comply with his requests concerning his pleasure with me." Several sexual encounters between them follow.
Later he makes a similar contract with Mrs Herbert's married, yet childless, daughter. In the second contract, however, he agrees to comply with what is described as her pleasure, rather than his — a reversal of the position in regard to her mother.
A number of curious objects appear in Neville's drawings, which point ultimately to the murder of Mr Herbert, whose body is discovered in the moat of the house. The drawings can be interpreted to suggest more than one illegal act and to implicate more than one person. There is a violent and shocking plot resolution.
Für ArchitekturstudentInnen:
Der Besuch von 2 Filmen wird wie der Besuch eines Vortrags angerechnet.
Ermässigter Eintritt für Arch-StudentInnen: 10.- Chf
Eintritt normal: 13.- Chf
Kooperation zwischen der Hochschule Liechtenstein / Institut für Architektur und Raumentwicklung & Filmclub Takino / Schaan