Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace, the military governor, into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament Biblical stories: erotic tales of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptist and Salome. To... (Full plot summary below)
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Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace, the military governor, into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament Biblical stories: erotic tales of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, he and his printing company will offer to perform dramatizations of these erotic stories for his court.
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| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsA wonderful blast of thinking showmanship from Peter Greenaway. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyPeter Greenaway is at it again, fabricating baroque art on a tiny budget, and making satirical points about the very establishment that has little time for his voice any more. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawNo one else could have made this film - a fascinating and somewhat heart-sinking realisation. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabMuch of the writing is witty and erudite, and as flamboyant as the visuals. It's just a pity that the film droops markedly as it goes on. |
| Radio TimesAdam SmithAll the director's familiar trademarks are present and correct: the extensive nudity, richly detailed compositions, sweeping tracking shots and minimalist score. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterCharacteristically provocative in its subject matter and abundantly inventive in its visual ornamentation. |
| Observer (UK)Mark KermodeIt's typical Greenaway - overly long, peacockingly erudite, eye-catchingly grotesque, perpetually mischievous, and gleefully up itself. |
| New StatesmanRyan GilbeyThe sense of jeopardy in the action (not to mention equal-opportunities nudity) rescues it from the purely academic. |
| Total FilmPaul M. BradshawAll a good excuse for Greenaway to indulge his strengths (painterly tableaux and theological art-history) and weaknesses (boobs and willies), and all a long way from his '80s heyday. |
| The Herald (Ireland)George ByrneNaturally, the scenes all deal with sex and depravity, but the levels of pretension are laughable and the whole thing ends up looking like an old Pet Shop Boys video. |
