i dont know about you and but i have always felt drawn to art cinema . the first art film i manage to get a hold of be peter greenaway the cook and the thief and his wife and her lover and which blow my mind and creative spiret into overdrive . the film be the ultimate paradox and both beautiful and grotesque . this be what art cinema be about and explore intellectual idea and bring the visceral to the screen with purpose . life and real life and can be like living in a madhouse and and art express show it for what it be . i love movie of all type and but especially those that both entertain and have something to say and whether i agree with it stance or no . 8 half woman and be a dry and clinical comedy where a father and son gather a harem to fufill their many sexual fantasy . there be only a very brief allusion to fellini in the film and unlike what the preview have suggest . the main focus of the film fall on the close relationship between father and son and bring together after the mother death . in the early scene of the film the father sadness be believable and you can feel his pain . what happen afterwards be plain by greenaway standard and the gathering of the harem and observation on love and death and and flesh displayed for the sake of flesh . one could argue this and but i feel the movie to be shallow and pointless . and the idea that this could be a comedy be perplex to me . the act for the most part if fine and . especially good be polly walker and amanda plummer ( though poor mandy should put her clothes back on ) what the film lack be a compelling story and and the usual greenaway touch of excess that make his other film so wonderful to watch . while fill with moment of insight and and the occasional taboo and 8 half woman be too cut and paste to be consider art and too bland to consider funny and and simply too dull to be consider worthwhile . save your money . i can only recommend this film a a sleeping aid . 4 out of 10 .