{"product_id":"the-pillow-book-import","title":"The Pillow Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vivian Wu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia Tristar Home Video\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 15-12-1998\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Greenaway ( \u003ci\u003eThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eDrowning by Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e ) continues to delight and disturb us with his talent for combining storytelling with optic artistry. \u003ci\u003eThe Pillow Book\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into 10 chapters (consistent with Greenaway's love of numbers and lists) and is shot to be viewed like a book, complete with tantalizing illustrations and footnotes (subtitles) and using television's \"screen-in-screen\" technology. As a child in Japan, Nagiko's father celebrates her birthday retelling the Japanese creation myth and writing on her flesh in beautiful calligraphy, while her aunt reads a list of \"beautiful things\" from a 10th-century pillow book. As she gets older, Nagiko (Vivian Wu) looks for a lover with calligraphy skills to continue the annual ritual. She is initially thrilled when she encounters Jerome (Ewan McGregor), a bisexual translator who can speak and write several languages, but soon realizes that although he is a magnificent lover, his penmanship is less than acceptable. When Nagiko dismisses the enamored Jerome, he suggests she use his flesh as the pages which to present her own pillow book. The film, complete with a musical score as international as the languages ​​used in the narration, is visually hypnotic and truly an immense \"work of art.\" \u003ci\u003e--Michele Goodson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 043396287099\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0043396287099\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e DVD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42517928149251,"sku":"UL-JP36-JEH5","price":15.98,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/51cCpr4H1RL.jpg?v=1645883359","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/en\/products\/the-pillow-book-import","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}