Before he shagged the future Batman up the arse in Velvet Goldmine, Ewan McGregor bared all in Peter Greenaway’s sumptuous tale of sex, calligraphy and fetishism.
He plays a bisexual translator in Hong Kong who falls for Nagiko (Vivian Wu), a Japanese fashion model with a twisted thing for having her body written on.
Greenaway, a former painter, crafts a sumptuous canvas of words and images, colours and split-screen inserts, turning his camera into a paintbrush.
It’s dazzlingly unique – and ideal for Blu-ray. No insight into technique on the disc, though, just a trailer and gallery.
