Windows

Introduction

In Windows Greenaway shows us the playful, darkly humourous side of his art while remaining sensitive to the construction of beautiful images. Presented with a series of windows looking out onto superb English summer countryside, a voice-over dryly informs us that "in 1973, thirty-seven people in the Parish of W were killed as a result of falling out of windows".

This extraordinary counterpoint of image and sound heralds a fascination Greenaway is to develop in his later films. Are these actual windows from which these people jumped? Are these stories true? The audience is gripped from the first frame.