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(1980) Peter Greenaway's epic pseudo-documentary chronicles 92 people affected by the VUE (Violent Unknown Event), a mysterious apocalyptic phenomenon that has left the survivors mutated, speaking bizarre languages, dreaming of water and obsessed with birds. The 195-minute production is full of odd digression, weird logic, a fascination with trivial details and Greenaway's droll sense of humor. Music by Michael Nyman. The disc also features the (much shorter) Vertical Features Remake (1978), where a group of self-important academics argue about the work of Tulse Luper (Greenaway’s cinematic alter-ego and a character who reappears throughout his career) as they attempt to reconstruct a lost short film.

2 disc box set of early films from maverick British director Peter Greenaway. Greenaway: The Shorts features faux documentary Windows (1975), A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist, Intervals (1969), Dear Phone (1977), H Is For House (1976) and Water Wrackets (1978). Greenaway: The Falls is his epic, 195 minute pseudo-documentary. The disc also features Vertical Features Remake (1978). See Cult and Classic for more details on the individual discs.