26 Bathrooms

Peter Greenaway uses visual imagery to present this warm and humorous look at people and their bathrooms, revealing that the bathroom is used for far more than the daily duties of cleanliness and hygiene. We see people soaking, dozing, eating, reading, chatting and watching television in surroundings that range from plain porcelain to the “Samuel Beckett Memorial Bathroom”.

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Credits

producer

Sophie Balhetchet

director

Peter Greenaway

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300196

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Bathrooms

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1985

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