Belly of an Architect DVD

The Belly of an Architect
American architect Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy) comes with his young wife Louisa (Chloe Webb) to Rome to supervise an exhibition devoted to Etienne-Louis Boullée, a French architect of the 18th century. Suffering from severe abdominal pains, Stourley doesn't pay much attention to his pregnant wife, and she finds consolation in the arms of suave Caspasian Speckler (Lambert Wilson). Built from rigidly symmetrical images, the film has quite an unusual subject: the belly -- both the sick one of the architect and the pregnant one of his wife, the rounded forms alluding to the spherical constructions designed by Boullée, the architect whose visionary projects seldom materialized. Beautifully shot on location in Rome, this ironic fable wittily examines the issues of artistic creativity. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide

Cast Brian Dennehy as Stourley Kracklite Chloe Webb as Louisa Kracklite Lambert Wilson as Caspasian Speckler Sergio Fantoni as Io Speckler Stefania Casini as Flavia Speckler Vanni Corbellini as Frederico Alfredo Varelli as Julio Ficcone Francesco Carnelutti as Pastarri

Crew Luciana Vedovelli - Art Director Conchita Airoldi - Associate Producer Dino Di Dionisio - Associate Producer Walter Donahue - Co-producer Colin Callender - Co-producer Maurizio Millenotti - Costume Designer Peter Greenaway - Director John Wilson - Editor Wim Mertens - Composer (Music Score) Glenn Branca - Composer (Music Score) Franco Corridoni - Makeup Sacha Vierny - Cinematographer Colin Callender - Producer Giorgio Desideri - Set Designer Peter Glossop - Sound/Sound Designer Peter Greenaway - Screenwriter

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: cc Original theatrical trailer Screen format: 16 x 9 widescreen (1.85:1) English stereo surround English, French, and Spanish language subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 119 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Title/Celebration [7:52] 2. Applause [6:16] 3. Discovering Boullée [7:58] 4. Blowing Up the Past [7:49] 5. Form, Shape, Function [7:55] 6. History Lesson [7:14] 7. Positive [7:44] 8. Assignation [6:45] 9. Nose Job [6:17] 10. Studio Portrait [6:31] 11. Homage [7:00] 12. Change of Plans [7:07] 13. Pen Pal [7:07] 14. Metabolism [7:18] 15. Crucified [8:23] 16. Alpha & Omega/Credits [9:13]