Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (2006)

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Featuring dramatizations by Oscar-winning actress Anne Baxter and Tony winner George Rose, this 1983 documentary looks at the life and works of Englishman William Blake, a prolific poet, engraver, painter and mystic. Though his symbolic expressions of religious visions -- especially in his book… More Featuring dramatizations by Oscar-winning actress Anne Baxter and Tony winner George Rose, this 1983 documentary looks at the life and works of Englishman William Blake, a prolific poet, engraver, painter and mystic. Though his symbolic expressions of religious visions -- especially in his book &NFi;The Marriage of Heaven and Hell&NFi_; -- brought the innovative Blake a measure of fame, his genius went largely unrecognized during his lifetime.