Peter Greenaway in Barcelona
Greenaway needs no big introduction and no need to stress his importance for European cinema as a master constantly searching for new possibilities for expression. I was not able to attend (with 300 others) his masterclass, that he – taken from the website of the festival – introduced in the following way:
“We are all aware that great changes are happening in the world of cinema and film – the old verities are no longer with us. The superstructures, infrastructures, audience participations, distribution patterns, audience
characteristics – as well as certainly the technologies are changing very fast . Each new technological gizmo or gimmick or toy or machine erodes the old edifice. The Old Cinema is dead.
This lecture-talk of NEW POSSIBILITIES is full of examples – multiple-screening, environmental screening, “immersion” screening, combinations of genre-manipulation, VJ-ing, presenting non-narrative-multi-image-cinema ventures, cinema deconstructions, cinema reconstructed deconstructions – all indicating a toe in the ocean of new possibilities that are rising up over all the horizons”.
For newcomers in the world of Peter Greenaway, take a look at his website. Impressive filmography, indeed.
http://www.petergreenawayevents.com/petergreenaway.html
www.docsbarcelona.com
