the belly of an architect

Director: peter greenaway

Actor: brian dennehy,chloe webb,lambert wilson,sergio fantoni

Data Published: Wed Sep 23 1987

Genres: Drama

Key Words: italy,downward spiral,male rear nudity,man undressing,briefs

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092637/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belly_of_an_Architect

Description: The Belly of an Architect is a movie starring Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, and Lambert Wilson. An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.

Plot: The American architect Stourley Kracklite has been commissioned to construct an exhibition in Rome dedicated to the architecture of Étienne-Louis Boullée. Doubts arise among his Italian colleagues about the legitimacy of Boullée among the pantheon of famed architects, perhaps because Boullée was an inspiration for Adolf Hitler's architect Albert Speer. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage deteriorates, along with his health. His social and physical decline corresponds to the decline of his idol Boullée, who until the 20th century was hardly known. Kracklite becomes obsessed with the historical Caesar Augustus after hearing that Livia, his wife, supposedly poisoned him. Kracklite assumes that his own wife, Louisa, is trying to do the same because he is suffering increasing stomach pains. She informs him that she is pregnant, and is sexually involved with the younger co-organiser of the exhibition. He discovers that he has a stomach cancer and has not long to live. The film ends at opening ceremony, which Kracklite watches from a higher vantage point. Louisa gives birth to their child, and Kracklite jumps to his death.