Critique of “The Art of National Identity” by John Orr;
With an alternative view of the films of Peter Greenaway
The essay entitled “The Art of National Identity: Peter Greenaway and Derek Jarman” by John Orr makes a number of excellent points regarding the opus of each of the two filmmakers. By focusing his analysis on the relation of their works to the art and concept of national identity, however, Orr misses the opportunity to discuss aspects which are more fundamental to each of their aesthetics. I find this limitation to be particularly frustrating in his analysis of Greenaway, so I will limit my response to an analysis of that director’s films and offer a method of viewing them which, I believe, accords more closely with the auteur’s actual intent and execution.
The most perceptive point Orr makes in his comparison of the two directors comes with his analysis of the ways in which “both absorb theatre into film…[and] also extend film form by other......
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