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Dorothy Bradley, Martin Burrows, Mary Howard, Richard Jenkins, Chris Thomas ... see more see more... , Hilary Thompson , Gabor Vernon , Peter Greenaway , Peter Sainsbury , Michael Murray , Leslie Wilson , Brigitte Kahn , Aad Wirtz , Patricia Carr , Colin Cantlie , Christopher Williams , John Wilson

After cutting his teeth on 14 years' worth of short subjects, director Peter Greenaway made his feature-film debut with the pseudo-documentary The Falls. The added length does nothing to dilute Greena... read more read more...way's singular sense of the absurd. The story, if one can truly call it that, deals with a phenomenon involving birds and anacronymically known as V.U.E. The letters stand for Violent Unknown Event, and in the course of the film's hallucinatory 190 minutes we are introduced to 92 of the syndrome's victims whose names all begin with the letters "F-A-L-L." This film is pure avant-garde and obviously not for all tastes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 3 hr. 10 min.

Directed by: Peter Greenaway

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DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006

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Nathan Lee
July 5, 2007
Nathan Lee, Village Voice

The Falls turns cinema into a puzzle or game-one that Greenaway continues to play, with increasing indifference to the amusement of lesser minds. Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
October 22, 2007
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The film is deranged and hypnotic. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
April 21, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

The Falls is as unique as any film ever made. Full Review

Christopher Null
March 2, 2006
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

Its value as cinema is, it goes without saying, iffy, but it's a perfect party movie Full Review

Shane Burridge
March 14, 2003
Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Greenaway's punning and deadpan humour underscore the futility of this project.

Vincent Canby
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Desson Thomson
March 15, 2003
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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