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Calligraphy of diseases

The pillow book

Peter Greenaway, United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Colour, 1995

Series: Caligrafías de la enfermedad (Disease calligraphies)

THE PILLOW BOOK

Presented by the Cinema Club of the UV

Synopsis:

"The Pillow Book", presents writing on human skin as a sensory experience, highlighting through a visual metaphor the sensitive and tactile aspect of text, of great evocative value. Nagiko is the daughter of a Japanese calligrapher who, obsessed with books and calligraphy, uses her body as a surface for writing.