An Anatomy of Melancholy
An Anatomy of Melancholy
| 24 April 2000 (USA)
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"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..."

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Protraph

Lack of good storyline.

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Beystiman

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Humbersi

The first must-see film of the year.

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Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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