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UNITED KINGDOM · 1962

Death of Sentiment

Peter Greenaway
cemetery imagery typography religious symbolism funerary art architectural detail
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Synopsis

Greenaway's virtually unseen first film is described by the director as "a work of juvenalia" shot in four London cemeteries, focusing on "church yard furniture, crosses, flying angels, [and] typography on grave stones," with the occasional painting reference thrown in as well.

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