Having already attracted critical attention for his fanciful depiction of Northern Ireland in 'Angel' Neil Jordon rolled up his sleeves and got stuck into an outright fantasy with polystyrene trees adapted by Angela Carter (who evidently had some very strange ideas about male sexuality) from her original story, which represented her sole legacy to the cinema.
With the help of Anton Furst's design and a bespectacled Angela Lansbury as an irreverent old granny who tells horrid stories the end result plainly inspired Bjork's video for 'Human Emotions' and resembles a very Freudian episode from 'Tales from Europe' directed by Guy Maddin.
With the help of Anton Furst's design and a bespectacled Angela Lansbury as an irreverent old granny who tells horrid stories the end result plainly inspired Bjork's video for 'Human Emotions' and resembles a very Freudian episode from 'Tales from Europe' directed by Guy Maddin.