Dead Leaves (1998 film)

Dead Leaves is a 1998 road movie directed by German director Constantin Werner about a young man who travels from New York City to West Virginia with the corpse of his deceased girlfriend. As she decomposes, he slips further into madness.

The film uses famous morbid poems recited as voice over as part of the narrative structure. The poems include Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe and works by Baudelaire, Nerval and Georg Trakl. Images of these poets as well as images of the musicians Rozz Williams and Ian Curtis are cut into the title sequence. The films soundtrack includes a full length version of the previously unpublished ballad Flowers by Christian Death founder Rozz Williams. The song Ship of Fools was composed exclusively for the films opening title sequence by singersongwriter Gitane Demone.The film was shot during a two week road trip from New York City to West Virginia using a guerrilla filmmaking approach. ........

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