Thanatopsis (1962)

- Directed by
- Ed Emshwiller
- Genre
- horror
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman appears in various outdoor settings where her movements and surroundings are manipulated with camera tricks. The film creates a surreal experience about life and mortality through abstract imagery.
abstractexperimentaldreamlikecontemplativesurrealvisualmeditativemoody
What happens
Thanatopsis is an experimental short film by Ed Emshwiller, produced in 1962. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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