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- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsA. AustinRobert BensonYvonne FairFour young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door opens and in comes a young man, cigarette between his lips, a swagger on his face. The young woman laughs. As the four young men continue disconnected activities, the other two become a couple. When the four realize something has changed, first they stare at the couple who have kissed and now are dancing slowly. The four run from the house in a kind of frenzy and return to stare. The power of sex has unnerved them.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningWe see a film negative of a nude couple embracing in bed. Then, back in regular black and white images, we see them alone and together, clothed, at home. It's night, she sees his reflection in the window, she closes the drapes. After sex, again in a black and white negative, they sit, smoke, have coffee. They kiss, she smiles. They light candles. The images are often quick, the camera angles occasionally are off kilter; the room is sometimes dark and sometimes lit, as if lit by the rotating of a searchlight. The images again appear in negative when they return to bed.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningThe prelude to Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningThe first part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageThe second part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningThe fourth and final part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningThe third part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAt a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningImages of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking up. A man enters a room, a woman smiles. He sits, another man sits and smokes. The cat stretches. There are close-ups of each. The light is dim; a filter accentuates red. A bare foot stands on a satin sheet. A woman disrobes. She pets the cat.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageMyrrena SchwegmannJane WodeningStan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.
- DirectorStan BrakhageA "found foliage" film composed of insects, leaves, and other detritus sandwiched between two strips of perforated tape.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAfter the title, a white screen gives way to a series of frames suggestive of abstract art, usually with one or two colors dominating and rapid change in the images. Two figures emerge from this jungle of color: the first, a shirtless man, appears twice, coming into focus, then disappearing behind the bursts and patterns of color, then reappearing; the second figure appears later, in the right foreground. This figure suggests someone older, someone of substance. The myth?
- DirectorStan BrakhageA stand of birches. Sunlight brightens and dims, revealing more or less of the woods. A little grass is on the forest floor. Is there a shape in the shadows? Something green is out of focus. The light flashes, and the screen goes dark from time to time. We look up close at the bark of trees. Is the god of the forest to be seen?
- DirectorStan BrakhageA collage of two-dimensional images of vegetation, each appearing only for a moment, sometimes as a single image, more often with other bits of stem, leaf, bud, or petal. Often we see only the outline of objects against a black background. Black and green are occasionally joined by fragments of orange or of white and blue. The objects in the frame don't move but they are quickly replaced by another collage, giving the feel of rapid motion. Each collage is crisp, its lines etched against the background of black and later of white. Whitman anyone, or Hieronymus Bosch? Although there is no soundtrack, the rapidity of changing images and colors suggests a riot.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsBearthm BrakhageCrystal BrakhageNeowyn BrakhageWe move back and forth between scenes of a family at home and thoughts about the stars and creation. Children hold chickens while an adult clips their wings; we see a forest; a narrator talks about stars and light and eternity. A dog joins the hens and the family, while the narrator explains the heavens. We see a bee up close. The narrator suggests metaphors for heavenly bodies. Scenes fade into a black screen or dim purple; close-ups of family life may be blurry. The words about the heavens, such as "The stars are a flock of hummingbirds," contrast with images and sounds of real children.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsIona BartekQuay BartekRefracted images, not unlike those in a funhouse mirror, display two children playing in a backyard, a boy and a girl. There's a dog, a swing, a picket fence, a Big Wheels trike. The grass is green and lush. A soundtrack mixes a chorus, swelling strings, and a child vocalizing. The effect is to idealize the images.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsBearthm BrakhageNeowyn BrakhageRarc BrakhagePhrases of Stephen Foster, set to music by Joel Heartling, are set to film in this autobiographical piece: a solitary female voice, occasionally joined by a chorus, sings phrases of sorrow as we watch a solitary man in shadows in an unadorned house: he stretches out, he picks his feet, he walks across a room, he rocks in a chair. Occasionally he watches two young children at play; the film sometimes speeds up. Handwritten words, like "dark void" and "waiting longing," cross the screen. Film and phrases often come in short bursts. Outdoor it looks gray and cold.
- DirectorStan BrakhageDante's Divine Comedy depicted as thousands of abstract paintings by Stan Brakhage himself.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which captures various images and light.
- DirectorStan BrakhageA lateral descent through the midnight blues and blacks of ice and the refracted colors from absorbed oils.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage in which light, black and white, and color images are contrasted.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStan Brakhage's artistic view of the cosmos.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage focusing on flashing light and photographic images.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which displays various lights and colors.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which captures various flashing lights, colors, and images.
- DirectorStan BrakhageJoseph CornellA short film by Stan Brakhage in which New York City's Third Avenue elevated train is filmed before its destruction.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsKenneth AngerAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsRobert CreeleyMichael McClureAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which combines flashing light and images.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film with various flashing lights, colors, and World War II footage. This is part of the Song series by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which combines color, lights, and blurred images of children. This is part of the Scenes from Under Childhood Series.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film from Stan Brakhage combining light, spots, blots, and color imagery.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining family footage with various narratives about the stars.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which captures the desert landscape from the view of his hotel room.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage utilizing flickering lights, colors, and film.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage which captures various footage of trees, birds, and the burial of one bird.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage consisting of family footage of Halloween and school plays.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage which combines various footage of animals including dogs, raccoons, snakes, and mice.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining colors, lights, and footage of wars, medical documentaries, cartoons, forests, and other.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which explores inside caves and outside the surrounding area.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which overlaps various footage with colors and lights.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which overlaps various footage with colors and lights.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which mixes and overlaps various footage filmed in Mesa Verde.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage combining lights, colors, and film.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which overlaps various footage, focusing on rocks and ice boulders, with colors and lights.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film from Stan Brakhage featuring various scenes from beaches and water mixed together.
- DirectorStan BrakhageA short experimental film which combines shapes and colors with words from the "Hymn to the Night" by Friedrich Philipp Von Hardenberg.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining flashing lights and colors.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining various footage of a cat, a caterpillar, and vegetation.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which combines and overlaps various lights, colors, and footage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining flashing lights and colors which are especially dark in the beginning and bright at the end.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film from the Persian series made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film from the Persian series made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film from the Persian series made by Stan Brakhage.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStan Brakhage's final film, made shortly before his death by wetting a filmstrip with saliva and using his fingernail to scratch marks into the emulsion.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining flashing lights and colors. This is part of the Arabic Numeral Series.