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..."
Year 2000
Studio Finetake Productions
Director Jo Ann Kaplan
Crew Jo Ann Kaplan (Director), Hugh Gordon (Cinematography), Thom Willems (Music), Mark Horrobin (Colorist), Jo Ann Kaplan (Animation), Dick Arnall (Producer)
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Language English
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