Episode 331: The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Peter Greenaway's The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989) tells the tale of Albert Spica (Michael Gambon), a monstrous gangster putting on airs as a gourmand. This loutish brute is the co-owner of a restaurant where he, his wife Georgina (Helen Mirren) and his crew are regulars. Also a frequent patron at the restaurant is Michael (Alan Howard), a book dealer who is secretly Georgina’s lover.

Samm Deighan and Ken Stanley join Mike to discuss this controversial film as well as Greenaway's other work.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise. Here's your chance to improve your table conversation.
0:28.6	Tell Mike who live in a big house and you spend £400 a week on clothes.
0:33.6	I spend £400 a week on clothes.
0:36.6	You eat in the best restaurants. You eat in the best restaurants.
0:39.3	I eat in the best restaurants.
0:41.3	Georgina, try a little harder, please.
0:43.3	The President. The Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.
1:20.0	Joining me once again is Ms. Sam Deegan.
1:22.2	Hello.
1:23.1	Also back in the booth this week is Mr. Ken Stanley.
1:25.9	Hi, Mike. It's great to be back. Thanks.
1:28.1	This week we are looking at the 1989 film from director Peter Greenaway, The Cook, the Thief, his wife, and her lover.
1:35.1	The film tells the tale of Albert Spica, a monstrous gangster putting on airs as a gourmand.
1:41.8	This loudish brute is the co-owner of a restaurant where he, his wife
1:45.9	Georgina, played by Helen Mirren, and his crew are regulars. Also a frequent patron of the
1:51.4	restaurant is Michael, a bookseller who is secretly Georgina's lover. We're going to be getting
1:55.9	the spoilers on this episode, so if you haven't seen the movie, I doubt I'm going to keep
2:00.2	saying the title of this one repeatedly, so I'm not going to say, if you haven't seen the movie, I doubt I'm going to keep saying the title of
2:01.3	this one repeatedly. So I'm not going to say, if you haven't seen The Cook, the Thief,
2:05.2	his wife, and her lover, go watch it. Come on back. And when you're done, we will still be here?
2:09.9	So Sam, when was the first time you saw this film? And what did you think? I saw this. So in
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