Stan Brakhage Movies

  • 1961
    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    5.11961HD

    Only at a crisis do I see both the scene as I've been trained to see it ( that is, with Renaissance perspective, three-dimensional logic–colors...

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular
  • 1954
    The Extraordinary Child

    The Extraordinary Child

    The Extraordinary Child

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    The Extraordinary Child applies his developing style to broad slapstick. His friends from the previous films and the director himself play out a...

    The Extraordinary Child
  • 1972
    The Riddle of Lumen

    The Riddle of Lumen

    The Riddle of Lumen

    5.51972HD

    “The Riddle of Lumen” presents an evenly paced sequence of images, which seem to follow an elusive logic. As in “Zorns Lemma”...

    The Riddle of Lumen
  • 1984
    Tortured Dust Part IV

    Tortured Dust Part IV

    Tortured Dust Part IV

    01984HD

    While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh,...

    Tortured Dust Part IV
  • 1972
    The Process

    The Process

    The Process

    4.61972HD

    This film by Stan Brakhage investigates the process of memory and thought by melting a series of images and a field of color. The positive-negative...

    The Process
  • 1959
    Sirius Remembered

    Sirius Remembered

    Sirius Remembered

    3.91959HD

    A tribute to Stan Brakhage's pet dog Sirius, whose decompostion was recorded over 6 months after he had died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

    Sirius Remembered
  • 1965
    Song 12

    Song 12

    Song 12

    4.21965HD

    SONG 12: Verticals and shadows caught in glass traps (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan...

    Song 12
  • 1976
    Desert

    Desert

    Desert

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    Says Fred Camper of the film: "Invited to Riverside, California, Brakhage, under the mistaken impression that it was a desert, was planning a desert...

    Desert
  • 1986
    Invocation: Maya Deren

    Invocation: Maya Deren

    Invocation: Maya Deren

    51986HD

    Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...

    Invocation: Maya Deren
  • 1957
    Daybreak and Whiteye

    Daybreak and Whiteye

    Daybreak and Whiteye

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    These two films investigate frustrations in loving, DAYBREAK with a girl as object, WHITEYE with the camera as subject. Preserved by the Academy...

    Daybreak and Whiteye
  • 1965
    Two: Creeley/McClure

    Two: Creeley/McClure

    Two: Creeley/McClure

    4.81965HD

    Two portraits in relation to each other, the first of Robert Creeley, the second of Michael McClure. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

    Two: Creeley/McClure
  • 1992
    Untitled (For Marilyn)

    Untitled (For Marilyn)

    Untitled (For Marilyn)

    5.81992HD

    The film is officially untitled, but is referred to by the dedication that appears in place of a title card. It is dedicated to Marilyn Brakhage, the...

    Untitled (For Marilyn)
  • 1994
    From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

    From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

    From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

    51994HD

    “This is a hand-painted film whose emotionally referential shapes and colors are interwoven with words (in English) from the first Hymn to the...

    From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1965
    Fire of Waters

    Fire of Waters

    Fire of Waters

    4.51965HD

    Black atmosphere, with depth-enhancing points of light, broken into shades of dim silhouettes by the ephemeral cloud-glow of lightning.

    Fire of Waters
  • 1981
    Unconscious London Strata

    Unconscious London Strata

    Unconscious London Strata

    5.11981HD

    This film, photographed in London, is an exploration into the depths of unconscious reactions.

    Unconscious London Strata
  • 1999
    Persian Series #4

    Persian Series #4

    Persian Series #4

    5.61999HD

    Elaborate petal-like and multicolored flowers rising in white space until the whole field is as if crushed by floral designs in madly-swift mixtures...

    Persian Series #4
  • 2000
    Water for Maya

    Water for Maya

    Water for Maya

    4.62000HD

    Water for Maya is a hand-painted work which came into being during a film interview with Martina Kudlacek about Maya Deren. There was a sudden...

    Water for Maya
  • 2003
    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    02003HD

    The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...

    Keeping an Eye on Stan
  • 1982
    Arabic Numeral Series 14

    Arabic Numeral Series 14

    Arabic Numeral Series 14

    101982HD

    “With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set...

    Arabic Numeral Series 14