Apotheosis

Apotheosis

1972 · 5 min · ★ 4.5 · Animation

“Apotheosis, which is developed from images made in the radiation treatment of human cancer, is the most beautiful and the most subtly textured work in computer animation I have seen.” – Roger Greenspun, N. Y. Times Award Foothills-1973.

Directed by Lillian Schwartz

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