The Baby of Macon (DVD)

(FILM ONLY REVIEW) Pretentious visual masturbation or groundbreaking inspired filmmaking? Peter Greenaway’s films have always split critics and audiences alike. One thing that can be said is that he never tried to compromise his ideas or vision to suit a mainstream cinema audience. From his early minor success with ‘The Draughtsman's Contract’ (1982), ‘A Zed & Two Noughts’ (1985) to the more commercial ‘The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover’ (1989) he has always provided a grand screen spectacle and enough controversy to keep critical tongues wagging. ‘The Baby of Macon’ (1993) fits the bill. It is rated by some has his best film to date, ...  Read the complete review

Was this film really made in 1993 as the dooyoo info suggests? I saw it 1998, I think, and it is one of the most memorable films I have seen, certainly one of the best Peter Greenaway has made so far. The beginning is fairly slow, some people walked out because it just seemed like a meaningless gross-out, bur from there it just got better and better. At the beginning you see actors on a stage, and you presume that they are acting out some kind of mystery play. It plods along at first, but then you start to wonder, are they really actors? I won't spoil it, but bad things happen to them which really shocks you, makes you feel very uncomfortable in ...  Read the complete review