A Zed & Two Noughts

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A Zed & Two Noughts is a 1985 art-house film by Peter Greenaway that blends dark comedy, visual symmetry, and meditations on decay and mortality.

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instanceOf art-house film ⓘ
film ⓘ
actor Andréa Ferréol ⓘ
Brian Deacon ⓘ
Eric Deacon ⓘ
Frances Barber ⓘ
Joss Ackland ⓘ
cinematographer Sacha Vierny ⓘ
composer Michael Nyman ⓘ
containsElement time-lapse photography of decomposition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Peter Greenaway ⓘ
distributor Artificial Eye ⓘ
editor John Wilson ⓘ
featuresTwinCharacters yes ⓘ
genre art film ⓘ
black comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasColorProcess color ⓘ
hasCultFollowing yes ⓘ
mainCharacter Alba Bewick ⓘ
Oliver Deuce ⓘ
Oswald Deuce ⓘ
linked to: Ossie
narrativeTheme decay ⓘ
grief ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
notableFor exploration of zoological imagery ⓘ
integration of science and art themes ⓘ
use of baroque and minimalist music score ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Peter Greenaway filmography ⓘ
plotElement car accident at a zoo ⓘ
study of animal and human decay ⓘ
productionCompany Allarts Enterprises ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 115 ⓘ
screenwriter Peter Greenaway ⓘ
settingLocation Rotterdam Zoo ⓘ
titleWordplayOn the letter Z ⓘ
two zeros ⓘ
visualStyle strong visual symmetry ⓘ
tableau-like compositions ⓘ

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Peter Greenaway → notableWork → A Zed & Two Noughts ⓘ
Michael Nyman → notableWork → A Zed & Two Noughts (score) ⓘ
linked to: A Zed & Two Noughts
Michael Nyman → composedForFilm → A Zed & Two Noughts ⓘ
Sacha Vierny → notableWork → A Zed & Two Noughts ⓘ
Joss Ackland → notableWork → A Zed & Two Noughts ⓘ
Michael Nyman Band → notableWork → A Zed & Two Noughts (score, performance) ⓘ
linked to: A Zed & Two Noughts