I'm partially convinced that I'm the only one that checks these forums anymore, but I thought I'd post this on the off chance that I'm wrong:

Peter Greenaway is a British filmmaker whom I had initially written off as ultra pretentious and vile (he uses full-frontal nudity in long-shot often in his films, though not always. I should mention that it is rarely meant to incite eroticism, but nudity is nudtity). I have since very much changed my opinion about him, though he is still pretentious, and you could argue vile as well.

He is one of the few truly painterly filmmakers living today (meaning he tries more than anything to draw from the history of paining rather than the history of film in his composition and subject matter). His most recent feature, which I saw in a theater this year, Nightwatching, is lesser, but still an interesting study of Rembrant as a Painter and icon. Though I'm repulsed by some of his work (less now than at other times), some of his features are truly inspiring and beautiful (for the strong stomached). His Adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest starring John Gielgud is incredibly profound. And The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is a favorite of mine and our branch's Relief Society President.

He began as a structuralist filmmaker, the style of which can be seen in most features.

If nothing else his filmmaking should be of interest for his use of composition and music (frequently working with one of the two greatest film composers alive, Micheal Nyman, in my opinion).

I am posting this because a series of his films deals with 'Mormons' in Moab, I believe, who are polygamous (therefore excluding them from membership, of course, but they, I believe, are referred to as 'Mormons') and that series, which will in all likelihood never receive a home video release anywhere in the world, let alone the US, will be screened on the Sundance channel this month.


Schedule:
Part One - The Moab Story
Thursday 7/3/2008 at midnight
Sunday 7/27/2008 at midnight

Part Two - From Vaux to the Sea
Thursday 7/10/2008 at midnight
Sunday 7/27/2008 at 2:15am

Part Three - From Sark to Finish
Thursday 7/17/2008 at midnight
Sunday 7/27/2008 at 4:15am


Again, I haven't seen these films, but I assume they might be of interest to those of you with access to them.

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I read nearly all the posts, at least in part. I don't comment as much anymore as the conversation seems pretty dead; but I <i>am</i> listening.

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Trevor, there's a place in the top section of this forum for links to blog discussions, so that people can know what is being said elsewhere (with encouragement to keep the discussion of the blog article in the blog comment space).

If you haven't noticed it, you can get there with this link .

If you don't want to take the time to post your stuff here as well as on your blog, you could create a topic for your blog there, and post links when you have relevant articles in your blog. That way, people would know about your articles.

consider it done. well, I'm posting this second, so it is done. It wouldn't let me sign in there, however.
But thank you Kathleen and Eric.