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commented "Now how is this funny? Trying to imagine other kinds of comedies handling the material, I ran it through Monty Python, Steve Martin and Woody Allen before realizing it has its roots in Buster Keaton--whose favorite comic ploy was to overcome obstacles by applying pure logic and ignoring
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While the film deals with and graphically describes diverse sexual acts in conversation, the film does not feature any sex scenes as such, though it does contain several instances of male and female nudity.
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social conventions or taboos. Keaton would have tilted it more toward laughs, to be sure; Greenaway's humor always seems dour, and masks (not very well) a lot of hostility. But, yes, Keaton."
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Toni Collette said Peter Greenaway chose her by accident for the role of Griselda. "I went in for another part and I had just had my head shaved and I had a
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After the death of his wife Amelia, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private
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hanging around my neck. Afterwards I thought, 'This is going to teach me to go to an audition looking like that'."
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The film opened at the box office at #50 with $ 92,000 and grossed $ 424,123 domestically.
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debts. They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect.
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performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favorite of the
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received mixed reviews. As of November 2019 it holds a 41% rating on
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and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato, to waive her
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as an amputee) and of course the money and the houses.
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Index

8 ½ Women

8 Women

Peter Greenaway
Kees Kasander
John Standing
Vivian Wu
Shizuka Inoh
Toni Collette
Amanda Plummer
Natacha Amal
Polly Walker
Sacha Vierny
Frank Loesser
Giuseppe Verdi
Movie Masters
Lions Gate Films
Cannes
comedy-drama film
Peter Greenaway
John Standing
Vivian Wu
1999 Cannes Film Festival
harem
Geneva
Federico Fellini
8+12
pachinko
nun

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