Illuminated Texts

1982

2h 54m

7.1(7 votes)

Documentary

Overview

"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

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4 members

Directing

R. Bruce Elder

Professor

Acting

Anna Pafomow

Student

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Henry Jesionka

Diabolus

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James D. Smith

Man in workshop with goggles

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