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The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

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• The dog excrement was actually chocolate mousse.
  
  
• Peter Greenaway uses specific colors to represent each set of the film. The exterior of La Hollandaise is predominantly blue. The kitchen is mostly green. The seating area of the restaurant is red and the restrooms are stark white. Georgina's dress colors and the sashes that Albert and his associates wear change colors to match this scheme as they move from room to room. Another thing that changes is the color of Georgina's cigarettes.
  
  
• The car that Albert Spica drives is listed in the credits as a Valentine Lindsay AT V12. It is in fact a modified early-'70s Dodge Dart Swinger. Valentine Lindsay is the name of a British car enthusiast and racer who works with the V12 Team of Harrier Racing, and most likely loaned the car to the production.
  
  

• In Michael's book depository, a marker can be seen bearing the label "Death in the Seine." This was the name of a short film by writer-director Peter Greenaway, made the previous year.
  
  
• The four title characters are named for the actors writer-director Peter Greenaway originally wanted to play them. Richard (The Cook) is for Richard Bohringer, the only one of Greenaway's original choices retained in the final film. Albert (The Thief) is named after Albert Finney, while Georgina (His Wife) is for Georgina Hale. Michael (The Lover) is named, interestingly enough, for Michael Gambon, whom Greenaway eventually re-cast as Albert.
  
  
• The mural on the back wall of the dining room is "The Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia of Haarlem" (1616) by Frans Hals. It became the basis for Peter Greenaway's set decoration & costuming in the dining area.
  
  
• The lengthy tracking shot from the restaurant to the toilet is supposed to be symbolic of food passing through the intestinal tract.
  
  

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