An Anatomy of Melancholy
2000, English. Directed by Jo Ann Kaplan.
"An Anatomy of Melancholy" is a cinematic meditation on mortality which takes the form of a special anatomy book - one in the process of being made. As hand-drawn illustrations appear slowly and painfully on the pages of the book, showing us parts of a dissected human body, we witness both the act of creation and a testament to our own passing. Accompanying the simple but powerful images of the human body, we hear the words of Keats' Ode on Melancholy: "Ay, in the very temple of Delight. Veiled Melancholy has her sovran shrine..."
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- 0h 13m
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- English
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- 24 April 2000
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An Anatomy of Melancholy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 April 2000. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed An Anatomy of Melancholy?
An Anatomy of Melancholy (2000) was directed by Jo Ann Kaplan and stars Fayida Jailler.