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.