Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The

Director Peter Greenway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover has been described as the most controversial film of the decade. Sexually provocative in its depiction of an outrageous, satirical and excessive world, the themes of love, sex, food, power, murder and revenge are dealt with in a manner that is shocking, provoking, disturbing and captivating. The players are a terse Cook, a monstrous Thief, his bored and frightened Wife and her bookish yet daring Lover. The setting is the “Le Hollandaise” restaurant where every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. Whee! Watch for the uncomparable lead singer of The Blockheads, the late Ian Dury as Terry Fitch (“Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll,” “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”).