The Pillow Book - Classic Japanese Literature & Erotic Novel by Sei Shonagon | Perfect for Book Lovers, Literature Studies & Cultural Enthusiasts
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The Pillow Book - Classic Japanese Literature & Erotic Novel by Sei Shonagon | Perfect for Book Lovers, Literature Studies & Cultural Enthusiasts
The Pillow Book - Classic Japanese Literature & Erotic Novel by Sei Shonagon | Perfect for Book Lovers, Literature Studies & Cultural Enthusiasts
The Pillow Book - Classic Japanese Literature & Erotic Novel by Sei Shonagon | Perfect for Book Lovers, Literature Studies & Cultural Enthusiasts
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Product Description Beautiful to behold and impossible to forget, The Pillow Book is auteur Peter Greenaway's erotically-charged homage to the art of calligraphy and the indelible nature of even our earliest memories. As a young girl, Nagiko (Vivan Wu) became her father's canvas each year on her birthday, as he'd paint on her face and neck the creation myth in elaborate, elegant calligraphy. As a young woman, she finds pleasure in continuing the practice with a succession of lovers, particularly a bisexual translator (Ewan McGregor) who becomes a pawn in an escalating game of revenge on the publisher who once exploited her beloved father's hard work. Review OFFICIAL SELECTION - Cannes Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Thessaloniki International Film Festival ---The Pillow Book finds the filmmaker at his most atypically seductive, creating a spellbinding web of cruel elegance and intricate gamesmanship, exploring the exotic, haunting beauty of the bizarre. --Janet Maslin, The New York TimesA seductive and elegant story [that] stands outside the ordinary --Roger Ebert About the Actor Stars Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Son of a Gun) and Vivian Wu (The Joy Luck Club, The Last Emperor) See more
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I sincerely wish Mr. Greenaway would consider taking a couple months out of his busy filmmaking schedule to revisit this MASTERPIECE and give us a restored Bluray Disc of "The Pillow Book." The Criterion Collection would do well to add "TPB" to its lineup of master works of film, as this I find to be Peter Greenaway's most accomplished work thus far (and that's saying something).While I appreciate the past necessities of tweaking things to work on the older smaller screens (when this came out originally on DVD), now that most of us have larger-sized and wider-aspect flatscreens, it would be more appropriate - and desirous - for there to be a bluray version that brings back the wondrous use of space and aspect utilized in the original film's theatrical release. Additionally, it would be greatly instructive to hear what Mr. G might have to say about why he created this film to look and feel the way it does: what were his motivations for film/video, aspect ratio, image placement, etc."The Pillow Book" takes a fascinating, and revealing, look at culture, art, and of course literature, and how they interplay with our more primal, instinctual urges; and ultimately what all of it says about being human and our struggle for meaning as well as happiness. A "must-have" for any serious film aficionado/collector!

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