Person
Peter Greenaway
- Director
- Writer
- Commentary
- Appearances
- 1
- Quotes
- 3
- Mentioned in
- 0
- Films
- 1
In commentary
In their words
- “England has always predominantly, even right up to the encouragements of Mrs. Thatcher, always believed the notion of owning property was a sure sign of solidarity, of responsibility, of having a position in a civilized world. So this is a story about a group of aristocrats in the year 1694. That year is particularly significant.” [4:25] The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
- “Not only the circumstances, of course, just after the golden age of Dutch painting in Holland at the end of the 17th century, but we have one of those situations whereby, as in a Vermeer painting, you can see back and back and back through the filters that would lead us into the deep recesses of the house. And also, characteristically, there is hanging a very typically 17th century Dutch brass chandelier, the most famous of which, I suppose, is painted in the paintings of Vermeer in his famous painting called The Art of Painting.” [1:15:30] The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
- “For a film of this complexity and this density and these production values, extremely small, and these objects on the table were the real items belonging to the house we used, and it was estimated that Christie's had insured those four items of ceramic on that table as ten times the total budget of our film. So we were very much indebted to the owners of the house to be allowed to use these real antique artifacts.” [1:29:20] The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
