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Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World

★ 7.8(5)19857h 17m

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Good to know

Director: R. Bruce Elder
Release date: 1985-10-10
Runtime: 7h 17m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: Canada
Studio: Lightworks

About Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World is a 1985 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by R. Bruce Elder, starring Robert Fothergill, Kristina Jones and David King. It has a runtime of 7 hours 17 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.8/10 from 5 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World belongs to a 35-hour film cycle, The Book of All the Dead, which comprises the bulk of Toronto-based Bruce Elder’s filmmaking from 1975 to 1994. In ancient Egyptian culture, the Book of the Dead consisted of religious texts intended to help preserve the spirit of the departed in the afterlife — but in Elder’s reading, that comforting idea of continuity takes on a rather darker cast. Lamentations is comprised of a complex audio and visual patchwork: a philosophical meditation superimposed as text throughout the film; vignettes featuring a comical but disturbing Franz Liszt, a debate between Isaac Newton and George Berkeley, an angry, deranged man in an alley, and an arrogant psychiatrist; and a final search for salvation in the forests of British Columbia, the American Southwest, and Mexico’s Yucatan.

Cast

Robert Fothergill

Narrator (voice)

Kristina Jones

Narrator (voice)

David King

Isaac Newton

James D. Smith

Franz Liszt

Tony Wolfson

Bishop Berkeley

Murray Pomerance

Psychiatrist

Bart Testa

Lecturer

Frequently asked questions

Where can I watch Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World in Canada?+

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Is Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World on Netflix?+

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World is not on Netflix in Canada right now.

How long is Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World?+

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World has a runtime of 7 hours 17 minutes (437 minutes).

Who stars in Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World?+

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World stars Robert Fothergill, Kristina Jones, David King, James D. Smith and Tony Wolfson.

When did Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World come out?+

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World is a 1985 movie directed by R. Bruce Elder.

What genre is Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World?+

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World is Documentary film.

Who directed Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World?+

Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World was directed by R. Bruce Elder.