(An Anatomy of Melancholy)

Content: "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..."

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Animation

Runtime:

13 minutes

Year:

2000

Directors:

Jo Ann Kaplan

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Production companies:

Finetake Productions

Actors:

Reader

Crews:

Director

Cinematography

Music

Colorist

Animation