A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed amp Two Noughts is a 1985 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. This film was Greenaways first with cinematography by Sacha Vierny, who went on to shoot virtually all of Greenaways work in the 1980s and 1990s, until Viernys death Greenaway referred to Vierny as his most important collaborator.

Venus de Milo Frances Barber, a woman associated with the zoo, attempts to forge a relationship with the twins, ostensibly to help them recover from their loss. Meanwhile, Oswald and Oliver gradually become obsessed with images of growth and decay, watching videos on the origins of life and creating timelapse video of decomposing life forms. They begin this latter task with a green apple, bitten into and rotting before their camera lens.The twins descent sees them become romantically involved with Alba, and increasingly attached to one another. Venus de Milo remains involved with them enough to observe their obsessions grow they take to videotaping the decomposition of prawns, and they take a personal interest in Albas childhood, going so far as to ask her to show them a field seen in a photograph on her bedside table. They become obsessed with snails, and they take advantage of their contacts at the zoo to create decomposition videos of more and more complex animals, moving gradually up the food chain. Excerpts from Sir David Attenboroughs TV series Life on Earth, including his narration, are featured in the film. ........

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