The Circuit

Peter Greenaway has a number of tools he uses to piss people off.  Usually it's yelling at a ridiculous question in a Q&A.  In Korea, he didn't disappoint.  Some choice selects from Clifford Coonan's dispatch from Pusan, where Greenaway gave a master class and his film, "Nightwatching," will screen.  (pictured, Greenaway at Toronto. Photo by Krist Papas/WireImage.com)

"Cinema's death date was in 1983, when the remote control was introduced to the living room," said Greenaway, who has shocked and delighted auds, often simultaneously, with classic movies such as "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" and "Prospero's Books."

The Welsh-born, English-raised helmer shocked the film students in attendance by taking aim at some of the biggest figures in the biz.

"Here's a real provocation -- (U.S. video artist) Bill Viola is worth 10 Martin Scorseses," he said. "Scorsese is old-fashioned and is making the same films that D.W. Griffith was making early last century."

Greenaway then warned: "I like a fight" and he got one too, dismissing a comment on his views as "not intelligent" and "humbug."

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