Stan Brakhage Movies
- 1961
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular5.11961HD
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...
- 1954
The Extraordinary Child
The Extraordinary Child5.41954HD
The Extraordinary Child applies his developing style to broad slapstick. His friends from the previous films and the director himself play out a...
- 1972
The Riddle of Lumen
The Riddle of Lumen5.51972HD
“The Riddle of Lumen” presents an evenly paced sequence of images, which seem to follow an elusive logic. As in “Zorns Lemma”...
- 1984
Tortured Dust Part IV
Tortured Dust Part IV01984HD
While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh,...
- 1972
The Process
The Process4.61972HD
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...
- 1959
Sirius Remembered
Sirius Remembered3.91959HD
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...
- 1965
Song 12
Song 124.21965HD
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...
- 1976
Desert
Desert5.11976HD
Says Fred Camper of the film: "Invited to Riverside, California, Brakhage, under the mistaken impression that it was a desert, was planning a desert...
- 1986
Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren51986HD
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...
- 1957
Daybreak and Whiteye
Daybreak and Whiteye01957HD
These two films investigate frustrations in loving, DAYBREAK with a girl as object, WHITEYE with the camera as subject. Preserved by the Academy...
- 1965
Two: Creeley/McClure
Two: Creeley/McClure4.81965HD
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.
- 1992
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...
- 1994
From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis
From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis51994HD
“This is a hand-painted film whose emotionally referential shapes and colors are interwoven with words (in English) from the first Hymn to the...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 1965
Fire of Waters
Fire of Waters4.51965HD
Black atmosphere, with depth-enhancing points of light, broken into shades of dim silhouettes by the ephemeral cloud-glow of lightning.
- 1981
Unconscious London Strata
Unconscious London Strata5.11981HD
This film, photographed in London, is an exploration into the depths of unconscious reactions.
- 1999
Persian Series #4
Persian Series #45.61999HD
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...
- 2000
Water for Maya
Water for Maya4.62000HD
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...
- 2003
Keeping an Eye on Stan
Keeping an Eye on Stan02003HD
The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...
- 1982
Arabic Numeral Series 14
Arabic Numeral Series 14101982HD
“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...