A car collides with a swan outside a zoo. Two women passengers die but the driver, Alba Bewick (Andréa Ferréol), survives with a leg amputation. Obsessed with the accident, the zoologist husbands of the dead women – twins Oliver and Oswald (Eric and Brian Deacon) – become fascinated by the processes of decay and embark on an affair with the amputee.

Peter Greenaway followed his international arthouse hit The Draughtsman's Contract with this extraordinary tale of obsession. As dead animals decompose to the playful rhythms of Michael Nyman, symmetry is elevated beyond obsession, and Sascha Vierny's cinematography pays homage to Vermeer. Full of surprises and magnificent conundrums, Peter Greenaway's third feature is as perversely comic and teasing as it is shocking.

A Zed & Two Noughts will be released on UK DVD on 23rd August 2010 by the BFI at the RRP of £19.99. Featuring a new high definition transfer in the film's original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 and a 48k PCM stereo soundtrack, plus the following extras:

• Full feature commentary with director Peter Greenaway;
• Video introduction by Peter Greenaway;
• Extracts from ?O, Zoo! (Philip Hoffman, 1986, 7 mins);
• Original theatrical trailer (3 mins);
• The Sea in Their Blood (Peter Greenaway, 1983, 28 mins). Rarely seen COI film exploring Britain's coastline, with music by Michael Nyman;
• Illustrated 26-page booklet featuring film notes, biography, review and interview.