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Illuminated Texts

Illuminated Texts

The Book of All the Dead

R. Bruce Elder

1982

  • Documentary
7.6

"Breathtaking in its techniques, rhapsodic in its passion, and encyclopedic in its scope, the film traces the long fall from paradise into modern barbarism." - Art Gallery of Ontario

Cast & crew

  • R. Bruce ElderDirector
  • R. Bruce ElderProfessor
  • Anna PafomowStudent
  • Henry JesionkaDiabolus
  • James D. SmithMan in workshop with goggles

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