Stairs 1 Geneva

Overview

The film comprises one hundred sequences showing a location in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1994, over a period of one hundred days, one hundred white wooden staircases were installed around the city to be climbed by the public. At the top of each staircase was a simple hole framing a "living picture postcard", a perfect "cinema-image by Peter Greenaway" accompanied by a commentary of one sentence in French and English, printed below the viewfinder. Greenaway's idea was to create a reflection on location in cinema and to "take films out of the theatres".

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 28, 1994

Original language

English

Countries

Switzerland

Director

Peter Greenaway

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0114525