Anthony Higgins

  • Peter Greenaway – The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)

    1981-1990ArthousePeter GreenawayUnited Kingdom

    Quote:
    Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband’s estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad. The sketches themselves prove of an even greater significance than supposed upon the discovery of the body of Mr. Herbert.Read More »

  • Nagisa Ôshima – Max mon amour AKA Max My Love (1986)

    1981-1990CultFranceNagisa OshimaRomance

    “Just tell me one thing frankly. Is this monkey really your lover?”

    It is and it isn’t unlikely material for Nagisa Ôshima. The element of transgressive love is here, but this time, it’s in a dry comedy whose centerpiece is a diplomat’s wife’s extramarital affair with a sensitive, somewhat unstable chimpanzee (aren’t they all?). Charlotte Rampling is the woman, Anthony Higgins is the diplomat, and Victoria Abril is the housekeeper who develops a mysterious allergy, probably but not necessarily to the titular Max.Read More »

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