The Book of All the Dead
DirectorR. Bruce Elder
“"It represents the consciousness of a man who stands at the end of time and who surveys the flotsam left behind by the historical process"”
Monumental experimental film cycle by R Bruce Elder. With a total running time of 42 hours (≈2,520 mins), it consists of three „Regions”: „The System of Dante's Hell”, „Consolations (Love is an Art of Time)” and „Exultations (In Light Of The Great Giving)”.
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R. Bruce Elder introduces Lamentations at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (2017)
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