Beauty Plus Pity (2009)
Presented in seven parts, Beauty Plus Pity considers the potential for goodness amidst the troubled relations between God, humanity, animals, parents and children. While an animated cast of animal “spirit guides” quote Philip Larkin’s poem, This Be the Verse, and implore us to “get out as early as you can” from life and our parents’ grasp, a hunter dreams of a zoo where he might lie next to tranquilized animals calmed of their savagery. A senile and unstable God stumbles, forgets to take his medication, and turns frost into diamonds. Beauty Plus Pity contemplates the shame and beauty of existence; it is part apologia, part call to arms.
Director: Cooper Battersby, Emily Vey Duke
Runtime: 15 min
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Beauty Plus Pity about?
- Presented in seven parts, Beauty Plus Pity considers the potential for goodness amidst the troubled relations between God, humanity, animals, parents and children. While an animated cast of animal “spirit guides” quote Philip Larkin’s poem, This Be the Verse, and implore us to “get out as early as you can” from life and our parents’ grasp, a hunter dreams of a zoo where he might lie next to tranquilized animals calmed of their savagery. A senile and unstable God stumbles, forgets to take his medication, and turns frost into diamonds. Beauty Plus Pity contemplates the shame and beauty of existence; it is part apologia, part call to arms.
- Who directed Beauty Plus Pity?
- Beauty Plus Pity was directed by Cooper Battersby, Emily Vey Duke.
- How long is Beauty Plus Pity?
- Beauty Plus Pity has a runtime of 15m (15 minutes).