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Thanatopsis (1962)

Thanatopsis poster
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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