The Mystical Rose
A disturbing cinematic opera from Melbourne film-maker, Michael Lee, presenting an intense emotional collage of film clips, original footage and complex object animation, structured loosely in the form of a Catholic Mass, to communicate the film-maker's traumatic Catholic experience. The film is intended in part as 'anti-imagery' in response to the iconography of Catholicism.
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The Mystical Rose
- Overview
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1976
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
Animation
User Score
65%
Original Title
The Mystical Rose
Production Companies
Experimental Film Fund
Director
Michael Lee
Description
A disturbing cinematic opera from Melbourne film-maker, Michael Lee, presenting an intense emotional collage of film clips, original footage and complex object animation, structured loosely in the form of a Catholic Mass, to communicate the film-maker's traumatic Catholic experience. The film is intended in part as 'anti-imagery' in response to the iconography of Catholicism.
