Pillow Book's direction by Peter Greenaway is brilliant. The story
has a few English characters [Jerome -Ewan McGregor] -with
mainly Japanese actors, who make up the basic reason for the
story about -a daughter's revenge, [Nagiko] against a homosexual
Publisher, who had been using his power -that of choosing certain
works to publish- not just on merit -but for sexual favours. He is
seen by Nagiko, leaving their home after buggering her father. The
young daughter sees the shame on her father's face and
promises herself to 'get revenge'.
She takes the daring step of offering her stories for print by
sending her book in chapters to the publisher -written in
calligraphy, on 12 naked men [who are shown full-frontal nude].
I feel the nudity is not gratuitous but beautiful & it's about time
women got their own back for the blatant attempts at marketing
movies with topless nudity thrown into movies like Swordfish's
Halle Berry... the nude body is beautiful & should be seen when
necessary... this movie shows that nudity in Japan is not seen as
shameful like it often is in anal western societies. The 12 naked men included her boy-friend Ewan McGregor,
who it turned out was also the Publisher's lover [there's a scene
with the 2 men in bed] & so it evolves...as the publisher gets
infuriated at the intrigue... It is a movie that is well worth the time to watch ... with beautiful
cinematography & I feel it's now a classic in its own.
has a few English characters [Jerome -Ewan McGregor] -with
mainly Japanese actors, who make up the basic reason for the
story about -a daughter's revenge, [Nagiko] against a homosexual
Publisher, who had been using his power -that of choosing certain
works to publish- not just on merit -but for sexual favours. He is
seen by Nagiko, leaving their home after buggering her father. The
young daughter sees the shame on her father's face and
promises herself to 'get revenge'.
She takes the daring step of offering her stories for print by
sending her book in chapters to the publisher -written in
calligraphy, on 12 naked men [who are shown full-frontal nude].
I feel the nudity is not gratuitous but beautiful & it's about time
women got their own back for the blatant attempts at marketing
movies with topless nudity thrown into movies like Swordfish's
Halle Berry... the nude body is beautiful & should be seen when
necessary... this movie shows that nudity in Japan is not seen as
shameful like it often is in anal western societies. The 12 naked men included her boy-friend Ewan McGregor,
who it turned out was also the Publisher's lover [there's a scene
with the 2 men in bed] & so it evolves...as the publisher gets
infuriated at the intrigue... It is a movie that is well worth the time to watch ... with beautiful
cinematography & I feel it's now a classic in its own.