A Zed & Two Noughts

British director Peter Greenaway is one of those cinematic luminaries who provoke extreme reactions in people. Some fervently regard his highly stylised, elliptical films as works of deep and majestic genius while others think Greenaway is a classic case of the Emperor's New Celluloid Clothes. A Zed and Two Noughts is a perfect example of the latter. Concerned with the behaviour of two zoologist brothers after the bizarre demise of their wives, it looks wonderful, hints at hidden, even subterranean depths, but is so painfully slow and visually driven that this is merely a painting on a cinema screen.