Stan Brakhage Movies
- 1996
Cannibal! The Musical
Cannibal! The Musical6.31996HD
Heading through Colorado Territory in search of gold and women, Alferd Packer and his group of bemused companions find themselves lost, starving and...
- 2000
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty7.62000HD
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...
- 1963
Mothlight
Mothlight5.71963HD
Seemingly at random, the wings and other bits of moths and insects move rapidly across the screen. Most are brown or sepia; up close, we can see...
- 2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.52013HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 1959
Window Water Baby Moving
Window Water Baby Moving6.91959HD
On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her...
- 1991
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box01991HD
This is a 1991 documentary film about the legendary artist and filmmaker, Joseph Cornell, who made those magnificent and strange collage boxes. He...
- 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...
- 1962
Prelude: Dog Star Man
Prelude: Dog Star Man6.11962HD
A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...
- 1998
Brakhage
Brakhage71998HD
BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...
- 1972
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes6.31972HD
At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned. "S. Brakhage, entering, WITH HIS CAMERA, one of the forbidden, terrific...
- 2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film6.7272011HD
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...
- 2001
Rounds
Rounds02001HD
ROUNDS is a hand-painted film composed of a series of film loops printed in such a fashion that, while there is a feeling of repetitive familiarity,...
- 1999
The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower5.71999HD
This hand-painted, step-printed film begins with streaks of light and vibrantly colored forms. There appears, frame center, the tapered shape of a...
- 1974
Sol
Sol01974HD
1: SUN 2: not cap: GOLD - used in alchemy 3: the sun-god of the ancient Romans; but then also, as I understand it, a French word for earth, wherefrom...
- 1980
Other
Other01980HD
A film photographed in Amsterdam but dedicated to capturing a quality of mind engendered there - not, certainly, alienation (as often in travel) but...
- 1965
Two: Creeley/McClure
Two: Creeley/McClure4.91965HD
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...
- 2006
Notes on Marie Menken
Notes on Marie Menken5.42006HD
A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
- 1953
The Boy and the Sea
The Boy and the Sea01953HD
Lost film directed by Stan Brakhage. Possibly never existed. "I don’t think the film was ever finished or even edited. I think it was a title,...
- 1994
The Mammals of Victoria
The Mammals of Victoria51994HD
The film begins with a series of horizontally running ocean tide waves, sometimes with mountains in the background, hand-painted patterns, sometimes...