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The Belly of an Architect

1987

Peter Greenaway

Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni ...

6.8

1,991

Drama A thespian feast for the larger-than-life Dennehy as blustering American architect whose personal life and health both crumble as he obsesssively readies an exhibition in Rome. A multi-tiered, carefully composed tragicomedy from the ideosyncratic filmmaker Greenaway, probably his most accessible work for general audiences.

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"''The Belly of an Architect' may have as much to do with one man's intestinal maladies as with art, beauty, obsession, permanence and mortality, subjects to which it also pays some attention."
		Geoff Andrew Time Out	"The exquisitely framed images, the allusive script, the droll witticisms are counterbalanced by Dennehy's literally enormous performance"
		Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"[It] simultaneously dazzles and disappoints (...) [It] has flaws, smudges and intense pleasures. Something like a clockwork orange, it's an art machine that spurts juice and acid."
		Variety	"'The Belly of an Architect' is a visual treat, almost an homage to the style of Rome's architecture, lensed with skill and packed with esoteric nuances, but doubts about the story and the skill of the acting linger."

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