Movie Details
Original Language:English
Stairs 1 Geneva
DirectorPeter Greenaway
1 hr 47 min
Plot
The film comprises one hundred sequences showing a location in the city of Geneva Switzerland In 1994 over a period of one hundred days one hundred white wooden staircases were installed around the city to be climbed by the public At the top of each staircase was a simple hole framing a living picture postcard a perfect cinemaimage by Peter Greenaway accompanied by a commentary of one sentence in French and English printed below the viewfinder Greenaways idea was to create a reflection on location in cinema and to take films out of the theatres
