A Zed and Two Noughts is one of the most perfect film titles ever. I haven't had a chance to see it, though, but I am intrigued by the premises of all his films, and want to see more when I can. However, The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and Her Lover was one of the WORST movies I've ever seen. Not only was it senselessly disgusting and over the top, there were no likable characters (not saying all characters in good films have to be likable, but in this film that would've helped things greatly), and you couldn't understand a fucking thing the Thief said. It would have been a better play, come to think of it, but you'd have to get an actor who didn't mumble all the time, or have food in his mouth (yeah, yeah, I know, it's a "personality feature" but really, when it detracts that much from understanding what the character is saying, it doesn't help his character at all). And the ENDING. Ugh! What the hell kind of ending was that?
*SPOILER*
The Thief kills the Lover by having his goons force feed him pages from a book with a spindle. The Wife then has the Cook COOK her Lover, offers him to the Thief at gunpoint, forces the Thief to eat him, and then shoots him dead. I mean, what the FUCK?!
*END SPOILER*
On the positive side, I did LOVE that bathroom. It was a beautiful piecee of work. And, the kitchen wasn't half bad, either -- that's what other reviewers have pointed out about that movie, though I think the bathroom is more splendid.
Speaking of perverted foreign directors, Catherine Breillat, anyone?