An Epic Poem

1982

25m

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Overview

AN EPIC POEM explores the contradictions in man's conception of love through the myths and representations, which support it, and argues that man has constructed love in his own image, reflecting his profound anxieties about prohibited desires. Deftly using poetry, archive material, allusions and re-enactment, it teases out the threads of past and present love and war to investigate those tensions usually hidden from our view. Central to the film is the 'Rokeby Venus', slashed by militant suffragette Mary Richardson. It becomes an entry to the 'historic' past but also to myth and the unconscious, its imagery developed and shifted in a series of tableau-like encounters between Aphrodite and Ares.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1982
Status	Released
Language	EN

Cast

Key Crew

Lezli-An Barrett

Director

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