Stan Brakhage Movies
- 1990
Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence
Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence5.11990HD
Photographing near Taos, New Mexico, where D.H. Lawrence lived, and in the room in which his ashes may be entombed, Brakhage also cites a statement...
- 1964
Dog Star Man: Part IV
Dog Star Man: Part IV6.21964HD
A man is supine on a mountain side. Images rush past of nature and a stained glass saint. An infant is born. We see a lactating nipple. Images...
- 1967
For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War61967HD
First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...
- 1990
Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave
Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave5.71990HD
Brakhage begins here with Carlsbad Caverns as a stand-in for Plato's Cave and then responds to the philosopher's notion of inaccessible ideal forms...
- 1997
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm4.61997HD
Flares of color break into streams of light, leaves, wood grain and prism-etched vegetation. A moon lifts out of this dark weave to be replaced by...
- 2022
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages02022HD
This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...
- 1965
Song 10
Song 103.91965HD
SONG 10: Sitting around (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to...
- 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...
- 1958
Anticipation of the Night
Anticipation of the Night6.11958HD
First person view of a man, seen only in shadow, attempting to connect with the world around him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
- 1974
The Stars Are Beautiful
The Stars Are Beautiful51974HD
We 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...
- 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...
- 1993
Tryst Haunt
Tryst Haunt4.71993HD
A hand-painted film photographically step-printed so that the thicket-like lines of paint are “played-off” against some centered...
- 1996
Sexual Saga
Sexual Saga01996HD
This hand-painted step-printed film begins with "explosions" of white, yellow, orange (deepening into reds), vermillion, and darker red flame shapes....
- 1994
Jonas in the Desert
Jonas in the Desert5.51994HD
Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...
- 1972
The Process
The Process4.71972HD
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...
- 1986
The Loom
The Loom61986HD
A multiple-superimposition hand-painted visual symphony of animal life of earth. THE LOOM might be compared to musical quartet-form (as there are...
- 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...
- 2000
Persian Series #6
Persian Series #65.82000HD
Persian Series #6 begins with what appears to be dried red and yellow rose petals, suddenly shot-thru with blue which causes a shift to violets and...
- 1954
The Way to Shadow Garden
The Way to Shadow Garden5.3331954HD
This way madness - or experimental filmmaking - lies. A solitary man in coat and tie enters an apartment. It's midnight. He appears agitated and...
- 1980
Duplicity III
Duplicity III5.21980HD
The final Duplicity film does seem at resolve with the term. All previous visual manifestations have been extended to their limits, through four-roll...