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The Draughtsman's Contract: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser. A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
- (11K)
- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Peter Greenaway
- 1982-11-12
“You sound as impotent by day as you perform by night.” Peter Greenaway’s first traditional narrative film The Draughtsman’s Contract is a stylish and clever period drama, clearly drawing inspiration from Barry Lyndon in its regal 17/18th century imagery but with its own uniquely compelling characters and biting sense of humour.
- (12.3K)
- BFI, Film4 Productions
- Peter Greenaway
Jul 30, 2003 · In a provincial country house, renowned draughtsman Mr Neville (Anthony Higgins) is contracted to draw 12 pictures of the property by Mrs Herbert (Janet Suzman), the wife of the cantankerous...
The Draughtsman's Contract is a 1982 British period comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway – his first conventional feature film (following the feature-length mockumentary The Falls).
The film is deftly shot, each scene composed as if it were a painting, using landscape, light and finery to full effect. It doesn't just look good. It also has a great sense of comedy that lifts it from the intellectual exclusivity of the arthouse, making it more accessible.
Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway's witty, stylized, erotic country house murder mystery catapulted him to the forefront of international art cinema in 1982.
- (33)
- Comedy, Drama
- R
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Nov 10, 2022 · With The Draughtsman’s Contract reaching the fine age of 40 years in 2022 (like myself), the BFI have decided to release the film on Blu-ray in a 2-disc set, loaded with extra features and a decent-sized booklet.
