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Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (2011)

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (2011)

History Documentary
Release Date: 2011, September 24
Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Atelier Koninck, Pro Bono Films
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Marie Fury, Emily Yates, Kathryn Fogel, Sean Mattio

Overview:

A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there. This short film represents the first to be made by the internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States. While not a stop-motion animation film, a form for which the Quays are best known, the entire film is vibrantly constructed and 'animated'. Musical score by composer Tim Nelson and voice-over provided by Derek Jacobi.