Film
An Anatomy of Melancholy
2000 · 13m · Animation
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Overview
"An Anatomy of Melancholy" is a cinematic meditation on mortality which takes the form of a special anatomy book - one in the process of being made. As hand-drawn illustrations appear slowly and painfully on the pages of the book, showing us parts of a dissected human body, we witness both the act of creation and a testament to our own passing. Accompanying the simple but powerful images of the human body, we hear the words of Keats' Ode on Melancholy: "Ay, in the very temple of Delight. Veiled Melancholy has her sovran shrine..."
Cast
Crew
- Jo Ann KaplanDirector
- Dick ArnallProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 24, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Animation
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