Format: 16mm Sepia Toned B&W
Running Time: 6:30
Date: 2001
Synopsis:.
The Hapless Antiquarian is a filmed homage to the macabre tales of American author/illustrator Edward Gorey. As in several of Gorey's own works, the 26 letters of the alphabet are employed as a means of telling a short and somewhat gruesome story. "A was the Antiquarian who found a rare tome... B was the Bike he used to get home..." And so we follow our hapless scholar as he discovers a rare and accursed book at his local book shop, see how he feebly attempts to rid himself of it, and witness his untimely and unfortunate end at the hands of Fate.