DR John G, my favorite Greenaway film is The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover, but I find his films, like you, pretentious with beautiful color, design, and photography. I liked much of Prospero's Books, but I detested the Nyman score. The first time I heard about Greenaway was when The Draughtsman's Contract; it had a great cast and I still don't know what was going on.