«Drowning by Numbers» by Peter Greenaway in light of surrealism

The surrealism, while creating superreality for a superman, has overlooked reality and an personality, considering them used materials. But when the superman started conquering the world, wiping off the map cities and peoples, the enthusiasts of surrealism were appalled. The auteur can hardly cope with this madness game, when it is played by politicians. If Peter Greenaway in his Drowning by Numbers (1988), had betaken himself to countdown, he could have made much better use of decomposing reality idea. However, real art, and Drowning by Numbers is a work of art indeed, no matter what manifestoes it is hiding behind, always amasses the reality.

game, reality, surrealism, subconscious, automatism