''Vertical Features Remake'' (

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

) is a film by

Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the ...

. It portrays the work of a fictional ''Institute of Reclamation and Restoration'' as they attempt to assemble raw footage taken by ornithologist Tulse Luper into a short film, in accordance with his notes and structuralist film theory.Petergreenaway.org: Vertical Features Remake
/ref> The footage consists mostly of vertical

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

features, such as trees and posts, shot in the English landscape. It contains four restoration attempts, each with a documentary-like introduction.

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petergreenaway.org.uk
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British Film Institute
1978 films Films directed by Peter Greenaway 1978 comedy films British comedy films 1970s English-language films 1970s British films {{1970s-UK-comedy-film-stub