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Water Wrackets (1978)
 

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16mm, colour, 12 mins
 
A film byPeter Greenaway
Production CompanyPeter Greenaway
MusicMax Eastley

Cast: Colin Cantlie (narrator)

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Multifarious images of a lake are overlaid with water effects and a narrated history of the campaigns fought by the fictional water-wracket army.

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Influenced somewhat by popular child and adult adventure literature such as The Wind in the Willows and Lord of The Rings, Water Wrackets (d. Peter Greenaway, 1978) is a mythological story about a fictional species associated with water. It is essentially a spoof piece of anthropology following this imaginary culture's growth and decline, through its leaders, wars, and other significant events, all in homage to the English television documentary tradition.

Laurel Warbrick-Keay

*This film is included in the BFI DVD compilation 'The Early Films of Peter Greenaway Volume 1'.

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Greenaway, Peter (1942-)
Early Greenaway