Cook Thief Wife Lover (22 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism. This book is the complete script of the film The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover in which we discover that the filmmaker is not only a great creator of cinematographic splendours but also an authentic writer who seeks literary imagery and metaphor. This title is part of the Dis Voir, Scripts by Peter Greenaway Series. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Gut. 96 pages. Still good condition. Ex-Library with usual markings. Cover slightly worn. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 420.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Good. Great 8x10 promotional still Director Peter Greenaway talking to Helen Mirren. Still is in good shape, has very minor creases on corners. - GRADE: G.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. -Approximately 8x10 promotional still used to promote the movie. -Featuring Peter Greenaway and Helen Mirren. -Great promotional still, suitable for framing. - GRADE: FN.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. -Approximately 8x10 promotional still used to promote the movie. -Featuring Peter Greenaway and Michael Gambon. -Great promotional still, suitable for framing. - GRADE: FN.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. -Approximately 8x10 promotional still used to promote the movie. -Featuring Helen Mirren. -Great promotional still, suitable for framing. - GRADE: FN.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. -Approximately 8x10 promotional still used to promote the movie. -Featuring Alan Howard, Richard Bohringer, Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon. -Great promotional still, suitable for framing. - GRADE: FN.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. -Approximately 8x10 promotional still used to promote the movie. -Featuring Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon. -Great promotional still, suitable for framing. - GRADE: FN.

Draft script for the 1988 film. Director Peter Greenaway's most successful and also most controversial film, following a gangster's wife as she begins a doomed affair with a patron of her husband's high-class French restaurant, aided by the genteel head cook. The film garnered attention at the time of its release for its stylish but graphic violence, decadent cinematography (which was, as with many films in Greenaway's oeuvre, inspired by Flemish Baroque painting), and explicit depictions (and notions) of sexuality. Set in the UK. Red titled wrappers, with credits for director Peter Greenaway on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated 1988, with credits for director Peter Greenaway. 160 leaves, with last page of text numbered 148. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with perfect binding.

Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1989 film, one showing director Peter Greenaway and actors Alan Howard (the lover), and Helen Mirren (the wife), the other showing Greenaway with actor Richard Bohringer (the cook). Each photograph with a printed mimeo label describing it, and with identifying numbers 1 and 5 respectively, each affixed to the verso. Director Peter Greenaway's most successful and also most controversial film, following a gangster's sophisticated wife as she begins a doomed affair with a patron of her husband's high-class restaurant, aided by the genteel head cook. The film garnered attention at the time of its release for its stylish but graphic violence, decadent cinematography (which was, as with many films in Greenaway's oeuvre, inspired by Flemish Baroque painting), and explicit depictions (and notions) of sexuality. Set in the UK. One photograph 8 x 10 inches, one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Fine.