Film·2011·31m

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

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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.

Directed by Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

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5 credited

Derek Jacobi
Derek JacobiNarrator (voice)
Marie Fury
Marie FuryRole of Helen Eastlack
Emily Yates
Emily YatesVoice of Helen Eastlack
Kathryn Fogel
Kathryn FogelHellen & Harry as Children
Sean Mattio
Sean MattioHellen & Harry as Children

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