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The title of this blog is taken from British filmmaker Peter Greenaway who has established himself as an avant-garde director for the past thirty years. His label, "Cinema is Dead" is a philosophy Greenaway has had throughout his career intending to break away from the traditional way of film making. Greenaway started off as a painter and after art school began creating short films of his own that centered around a self-reflexive approach that included an interest in style and form. He wants to create a cinema of ideas stripped away from the typical psychodrama, Hollywood often portrays. Greenaway uses the same elements applied to painting (scenic composition, natural nudity, symbol and metaphor). His alternative to a straightforward narrative is using a postmodern/post-structuralist approach. The purpose of this blog is to explore Greenaway's notion of filmmaking and his ideas on how we can perhaps reinvent the cinema.
Click here to see a list of Greenaway's films.