The Belly of an Architect

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The Belly of an Architect ★★★½ 1991 (R)

A thespian feast for the larger-than-life Dennehy as blustering American architect whose personal life and health both crumble as he obsesssively readies an exhibition in Rome. A multi-tiered, carefully composed tragicomedy from the ideosyncratic filmmaker Greenaway, probably his most accessible work for general audiences. 119m/ C VHS, DVD . GB IT Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Geoffrey Copleston, Marino (Martin) Mase; D: Peter Greenaway; W: Peter Greenaway; C: Sacha Vierny; M: Glenn Branca, Wim Mertens.

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