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Random forays into one of the world's most extraordinary museum collections: Sir Henry Wellcome's unique trove of medical curiosities. With their customary dexterity and affinity for arcane, Stephen and Timothy Quay imaginatively document this unique assemblage and bring it hauntingly to life.
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Maybe it's just me, but I found the ending of this to be very frightening. This is a masterfully shot, lit, non-narrative avant-garde film that seems made from some dark, mysterious events in their lives. I feel they must have had some disturbances that they turned into a beautiful gift to the world.
The Quay Brothers present a wonderful creaky haunted house ride through cabinets of arcane medical curiosities. If the abandoned sanatorium in the woods calls you for a nighttime visit, this film is for you.
Wow. Creepy but oddly soothing, this delightful little avant garde film is like nothing you have ever seen. As always, love the choice of music for the score; it really helps to create the atmosphere of the film. LOVE the Quay Brothers.
The Quay Brothers own unusual take on Wellcomes' collection of "medical" oddities, mostly mannequins used for demonstration purposes, makes them seem more bizarre than they were meant to be. A wonderful odyssey.