Lycidas

Complete Record: A sophisticated and expressive presentation of the classic elegy by John Milton, conveying the poem's emotional content through emotional content through unusually effective integration of visual imagery, superb narration, and an excellent piano and flute accompaniment. The films visual material, faithful to the lyrical tone of the poem, consists of evocative watercolor paintings by Jasper Rose that frequently include stylish and complementary graphic reproductions of dramatic manner that makes the complex imagery and difficult language meaningful and explicit, and attracts the viewer to the written version.