Tom Merrit
TOM MERRITT SPOON RIVER
A film based on Edgar Lee Masters poetry collection, Spoon River Anthology 1915. Actor Mads Mikkelsen
A large number of epitaphs for real and fictitious residents of Spoon River, a pioneering area in the state of Illinois, this black and white, suggestive visual poem is the first part of a trilogy.
Numerous tombs of living and fictitious inhabitants of Spoon River, a pioneer territory in Illinois, USA guide the movie, based on Edgar Lee Masters collection of poetry Spoon River Anthology from 1915. The black and white visual poetry the first of a trilogy and tells the story of
Tom Merritt, a man facing the reality he thus far, merely dared witnessing.
It tells the story of Tom Merrit, a man caught up in the reality of which he thought he was only an observer.