A zed and two noughts / The British Film Insitute ; Allarts Enterprises BV ; Artificial Eye Productions ; Film Four International present ; produced by Peter Sainsbury & Kees Kasander ; written and directed by Peter Greenaway.
Andrea Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Frances Barber, Joss Ackland. Wildlife footage narrator: David Attenborough. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Widescreen. Special features: Restored anamorphic transfer, created from Hi-Def elements; Peter Greenaway commentary and video introduction; behind-the-scenes footage from "?O, Zoo!," a documentary by Philip Hoffman; six "Decay" sequences; snail sketches; original theatrical trailer; essays by Greenaway and film critic Jonathan Marlow.
Summary:
In a horrific automobile-swan accident in front of the Rotterdam Zoo, two women die and a third, Alba, loses her leg. The two widowers, twin zoologists Oliver and Oswald, fixate on their wives' bodies, and slowly become obsessed with evolution and decomposition-- even going as far as to meticulously craft exquisitely morbid time-lapsed films of decaying creatures. The plot thickens when a mad surgeon schemes to use Alba as a subject in his experiments with animal symmetry and Vermeer homage.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.