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The Draughtsman's Contract

...Contract is sordid and gorgeous at the same time; its elaboratecostumes and coifs and its beautiful landscapes stand in marked contrastto the characters' blunt brutality.

A cocksure draughtsman agrees to a new job so that he can indulge in sexual favours with his female employer.

Peter Greenaway’s film looks more brilliant, more uncompromisingly cerebral and more exasperating than ever.

All of the characters speak in complete, elegant, literary sentences. All of the camera strategies are formal and mannered. The movie advances with the grace and precision of a well-behaved novel.

In this first cinematic offering from this unashamedly art-minded director, he had not yet begun his collaboration with maestro director of photography Sacha Vierny.