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Abusive Husband | Cooking
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.
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The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.
1989 | Peter
1989 | Sacha
1989 | Michael
Best Foreign Film | 1991
Best Actress | 2010 | Helen
Worst Foreign Director | 1990 | Peter
1989 | Michael
European Production Designer of the Year | 1990 | Jan
Best Supporting Actor | 2010 | Michael
Best Director | 2010 | Peter
Best Costume Design | 2010 | Jean-Paul
Best Original Score | 2010 | Michael
Best Foreign Film | 1996
Best Foreign Film | 1991 | Peter
Best Film | 1990 | Peter
Best Cinematographer | 1990 | Sacha
Best Soundtrack | 1990
1989 | Peter
Budget 2,300,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,724,701 USD
Writer and Director Peter Greenaway uses specific colors to represent each set of this movie. The exterior of Le Hollandais is predominantly blue. The kitchen is mostly green. The seating area of the restaurant is red, and the restrooms are stark white. The color of Georgina's (Dame Helen Mirren's) dress and the sashes that Albert (Sir Michael Gambon) and his associates wear change to match this scheme as the characters move from room to room. The color of Georgina's cigarettes also changes to match the color of the set as she moves. The interiors of Michael's home are mostly brown, like the blazer he wears throughout the story.
The lengthy tracking shot from the restaurant to the toilet is supposed to be symbolic of food passing through the intestinal tract.
The four title characters were named for the actors and actress Writer and Director Peter Greenaway originally wanted to play them. Richard (The Cook) was for Richard Bohringer, the only one of Greenaway's original choices retained in the final movie. Albert (The Thief) was named after Albert Finney, while Georgina (His Wife) was for Georgina Hale. Michael (The Lover) was named, interestingly enough, for Sir Michael Gambon, who Greenaway eventually re-cast as Albert.
The dishwasher sings Psalm 51:2: "Wash me from my iniquity...."
The mural on the back wall of the dining room is "The Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia of Haarlem" (1616) by Frans Hals. It became the basis for Writer and Director Peter Greenaway's set decoration and costuming in the dining area.
"Georgina: Try the cock, Albert. It's a delicacy, and you know where it's been."
"[last lines] Georgina: Cannibal!"
