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The Falls is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was Greenaway's first feature-length film after many years making shorts. It does not have a traditional dramatic narrative; it takes the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts.
Aug 6, 1982 · The Falls: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray, Lorna Poulter. 92 BBC documentary-style shorts that record the lives of 92 victims of the VUE (Violent Unexplained Event), each with last names beginning with "Fall."
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Peter Greenaway
- 1982-08-06
Jan 19, 2016 · The Falls (1980) Trailer - Director: Peter Greenaway, Music By: Michael Nyman. The planet has been affected by a mysterious occurrence known as the Violent Unknown Event, or V.U.E. It has...
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- Morbid Corvid
Aug 26, 2023 · The Falls is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was Greenaway's first feature-length film after many years making shorts. It does not have a traditional dramatic narrative; it takes the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts.
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Peter Greenaway's experimental film depicts a cataclysmic event that leaves Earth's survivors obsessed with birds.
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- Peter Westley
- Peter Greenaway
- Sci-Fi
Feb 1, 2016 · The Falls is a disaster film, a sci-fi in the vein of Octavia Butler, a disability narrative, a playful conspiracy theory and a structuralist masterpiece all rolled in one. It also is the summation of Peter Greenaway's early works and the final break with that artistic style.
Standing at a pivotal point in his filmography, poised between his earlier, witty shorts and the unique pleasures of his post-DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT oeuvre, THE FALLS is arguably the most significant film of Peter Greenaway’s prolific career.
