The Pillow Book (1996)
- Directed by
- Peter Greenaway
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Rated
- NC-17
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 187 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Japanese model in Hong Kong pursues lovers who will write on her skin. She seeks a new lover to help her tell a story of revenge and desire.
eroticsensualvisually lushcontemplativecerebralmelancholicplayfulexperimental
What happens
The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama art film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers. The film is a melding of dark modern drama with idealised Chinese and Japanese cultural themes and settings, and centres on body painting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Atashi wa juice (1996)
Close Your Eyes and Hold Me (1996)
Female Perversions (1996)
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? (1996)
The God of Cookery (1996)
A Summer Dress (1996)
Robert Rylands' last journey (1996)
Thieves (1996)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.