Stan Brakhage Movies

  • 1996
    Cannibal! The Musical

    Cannibal! The Musical

    Cannibal! The Musical

    6.31996HD

    Heading through Colorado Territory in search of gold and women, Alferd Packer and his group of bemused companions find themselves lost, starving and...

    Cannibal! The Musical
  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    7.62000HD

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 1963
    Mothlight

    Mothlight

    Mothlight

    5.71963HD

    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...

    Mothlight
  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.52013HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1959
    Window Water Baby Moving

    Window Water Baby Moving

    Window Water Baby Moving

    6.91959HD

    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...

    Window Water Baby Moving
  • 1991
    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    01991HD

    This is a 1991 documentary film about the legendary artist and filmmaker, Joseph Cornell, who made those magnificent and strange collage boxes. He...

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    5.51994HD

    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...

    Jonas in the Desert
  • 1962
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    6.11962HD

    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    71998HD

    BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...

    Brakhage
  • 1972
    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    6.31972HD

    At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned. "S. Brakhage, entering, WITH HIS CAMERA, one of the forbidden, terrific...

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
  • 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    6.7272011HD

    Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  • 2001
    Rounds

    Rounds

    Rounds

    02001HD

    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,...

    Rounds
  • 1999
    The Dark Tower

    The Dark Tower

    The Dark Tower

    5.71999HD

    This hand-painted, step-printed film begins with streaks of light and vibrantly colored forms. There appears, frame center, the tapered shape of a...

    The Dark Tower
  • 1974
    Sol

    Sol

    Sol

    01974HD

    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...

    Sol
  • 1980
    Other

    Other

    Other

    01980HD

    A film photographed in Amsterdam but dedicated to capturing a quality of mind engendered there - not, certainly, alienation (as often in travel) but...

    Other
  • 1965
    Two: Creeley/McClure

    Two: Creeley/McClure

    Two: Creeley/McClure

    4.91965HD

    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.

    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)
  • 2006
    Notes on Marie Menken

    Notes on Marie Menken

    Notes on Marie Menken

    5.42006HD

    A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

    Notes on Marie Menken
  • 1953
    The Boy and the Sea

    The Boy and the Sea

    The Boy and the Sea

    01953HD

    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,...

    The Boy and the Sea
  • 1994
    The Mammals of Victoria

    The Mammals of Victoria

    The Mammals of Victoria

    51994HD

    The film begins with a series of horizontally running ocean tide waves, sometimes with mountains in the background, hand-painted patterns, sometimes...

    The Mammals of Victoria