Movie Details
Theatrical Release:April 24th, 2000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Finetake Productions
Cast & Crew
D
Dick Arnall
Producer
H
Hugh Gordon
Cinematography
R
Robert Burton
Book
T
Thom Willems
Music
An Anatomy of Melancholy (2000)
Audience Score
StarringFayida Jailler
DirectorJo Ann Kaplan
Plot
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 handdrawn 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
