The director of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover talks about sensationalism, nudity, the death of cinema, his passion for lists, his new film,The Pillow Book, and his big plans for the Internet.director Peter Greenaway thinks most movies are empty and sentimental and that includes arthouse pictures, which Greenaway treats with as much disdain as mainstream Hollywood products. Since the success of his 1982 feature The Draughtsmans Contract, Greenaway has crafted a string of visually extravagant movies, rich to the point of gluttony, and usually quite dark.Theyre also unapologetically experimental and erudite, not always the healthiest combination at the box office.Nevertheless, he is won himself an ardent cult audience, and achieved at least one succès de scandale.

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